FAQPage schema no longer earns rich results

What it means

This page contains FAQPage structured data (JSON-LD or microdata). As of 7 May 2026, Google removed FAQ rich results for all sites except a narrow group of authoritative government and health publishers. The markup is still valid schema.org and does not harm crawling, indexing, or ranking — it simply no longer produces any visible enhancement in search results.

Why it matters

FAQPage markup once claimed expanded SERP real estate: up to two question-and-answer pairs beneath the standard listing. Google first restricted it to government/health sites in August 2023 and completed the removal on 7 May 2026, when Search Console stopped tracking FAQPage and Rich Results Test support was withdrawn. Keeping the markup carries no penalty but represents template maintenance overhead that now delivers nothing. Effort is better spent on schema types that still generate rich results — Recipe, Product, Review, Event.

How to fix it

1. Decide whether to remove or keep the markup — this is a deprecation notice, not an error, so no immediate change is required.
2. Remove the FAQPage JSON-LD to cut template debt; it will not affect rankings or the standard listing in any way.
3. Or leave it if it serves other purposes (some AI answer engines still parse FAQ markup), but stop investing maintenance effort in keeping it current.
4. Redirect engineering time to schema types that still earn rich results, such as Product, Review, Recipe, and Event.

When it's not a problem

If your site is an authoritative government or health publisher (agencies, official health ministries, recognized medical institutions), Google states you may still qualify for FAQPage rich results — in that case this notice does not apply and maintaining the markup is reasonable. Teams with qualifying publisher status can suppress this rule.

How common is it?

1274 audited sites in our corpus currently show this issue. The breakdowns below show which platforms, gatekeepers, verticals and countries are most exposed.

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