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  "title": "Generative AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Work, Investment and ChatGPT Use",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-10-31",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/)",
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      "source_title": "The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025",
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      "sentence": "32.7% of people aged 16 to 74 in the EU used generative AI tools in the previous 3 months in 2025, according to Eurostat.",
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      "source_title": "32.7% of EU people used generative AI tools in 2025",
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      "publisher": "Microsoft AI Economy Institute",
      "source_title": "Global AI Diffusion Q2 2026: Trends and Insights",
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      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Stanford HAI",
      "source_title": "The 2026 AI Index Report, Chapter 4: Economy",
      "source_url": "https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026_chapter_4_economy.pdf",
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      "sentence": "44% of US adults used ChatGPT in 2026, up from 18% in 2023, according to Pew Research Center.",
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      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
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      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261026195253/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-us-chatgpt-2026"
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      "id": "gai-us-adults-gain-2025",
      "sentence": "Generative AI use among US adults aged 18 to 64 rose 22.4% in the year to August 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis data.",
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      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis",
      "source_title": "The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025",
      "source_url": "https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2025/nov/state-generative-ai-adoption-2025",
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      "sample": "Real-Time Population Survey, a nationally representative quarterly online survey of US adults aged 18 to 64 (Bick, Blandin and Deming). August 2024 figure revised by the authors from 39.4% after a change in question order.",
      "method": "(54.6% in August 2025 / 44.6% in August 2024) - 1 = 22.4%. A gain of 10.0 percentage points.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-us-adults-gain-2025"
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      "sentence": "US generative AI adoption three years after ChatGPT was 2.8 times PC adoption at the same stage, 54.6% in 2025 against 19.7% in 1984, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis data.",
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      "source_type": "Our analysis",
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      "source_title": "The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025",
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      "sample": "Real-Time Population Survey, a nationally representative quarterly online survey of US adults aged 18 to 64 (Bick, Blandin and Deming). August 2024 figure revised by the authors from 39.4% after a change in question order.",
      "method": "54.6% (generative AI, August 2025) / 19.7% (personal computer, 1984) = 2.77, rounded to 2.8. The internet stood at 30.1% in 1998, so generative AI was 1.8 times that (54.6 / 30.1).",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-us-vs-pc-2025"
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      "id": "gai-us-chatbot-2026",
      "sentence": "49% of US adults ever used AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot in 2026, according to Pew Research Center.",
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      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
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      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261026195253/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
      "sample": "5,119 US adults, Pew Research Center American Trends Panel, 17 to 23 February 2026.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-us-chatbot-2026"
    },
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      "id": "gai-us-chatbot-daily-2026",
      "sentence": "24% of US adults used AI chatbots at least daily in 2026, including 4% who used them almost constantly, according to Pew Research Center.",
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      "unit": "%",
      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
      "source_published": "17 June 2026, accessed 31 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261026195253/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/",
      "sample": "5,119 US adults, Pew Research Center American Trends Panel, 17 to 23 February 2026.",
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      "id": "gai-us-eu-gap-2025",
      "sentence": "US adult generative AI adoption was 21.9 percentage points above the EU rate in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from St. Louis Fed and Eurostat data.",
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      "place": "United States and European Union",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis",
      "source_title": "The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025",
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      "sample": "Real-Time Population Survey, a nationally representative quarterly online survey of US adults aged 18 to 64 (Bick, Blandin and Deming). August 2024 figure revised by the authors from 39.4% after a change in question order.",
      "method": "54.6% (US adults aged 18 to 64, August 2025, St. Louis Fed) - 32.7% (EU people aged 16 to 74, previous 3 months, Eurostat 2025) = 21.9 points. Age ranges and reference periods differ, so treat the gap as indicative.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-us-eu-gap-2025"
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      "sentence": "Worldwide generative AI use rose 2.5 percentage points between the second half of 2025 and June 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Microsoft data.",
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      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Microsoft AI Economy Institute",
      "source_title": "Global AI Diffusion Q2 2026: Trends and Insights",
      "source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Microsoft-AI-Diffusion-Report-2026-Q2.pdf",
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      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261008140045/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Microsoft-AI-Diffusion-Report-2026-Q2.pdf",
      "sample": "Share of people aged 15 to 64 who used a generative AI product in the period, from aggregated, anonymised Microsoft telemetry adjusted for device market share, internet penetration and population.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-ww-growth-2026"
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      "sentence": "Generative AI reached 53% adoption within three years of launch, faster than the internet or the PC, according to Stanford HAI AI Index 2026, with data to 2025.",
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      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Stanford HAI",
      "source_title": "The 2026 AI Index Report: Economy",
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      "sample": "AI Index estimate of generative AI adoption compared with historical adoption curves for the personal computer and the internet.",
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      "sentence": "79% of organisations regularly used generative AI in at least one business function in 2025, up from 71% in 2024, according to Stanford HAI AI Index 2026.",
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      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Stanford HAI",
      "source_title": "The 2026 AI Index Report, Chapter 4: Economy",
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      "sample": "AI Index analysis of Quid data on private investment in AI companies with over $1.5 million in funding; organisation adoption figures from the McKinsey State of AI survey as reported in the AI Index.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-org-2025"
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      "source_type": "Official",
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      "source_title": "64% of 16-24-year-olds used AI in 2025",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20260210-1",
      "source_published": "10 February 2026, accessed 31 October 2026",
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      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "Use of artificial intelligence by individuals (Statistics Explained)",
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      "source_published": "data extracted March 2026, accessed 31 October 2026",
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      "source_type": "Our analysis",
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      "source_title": "Use of artificial intelligence by individuals (Statistics Explained)",
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      "source_published": "data extracted March 2026, accessed 31 October 2026",
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      "method": "64% (aged 16 to 24) / 7% (aged 65 to 74) = 9.1, using the rounded figures in Eurostat Statistics Explained, 2025.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-eu-age-x-2025"
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      "sentence": "39.3% of people aged 16 to 24 in the EU used generative AI for formal education in 2025, against 9.4% of all people aged 16 to 74, according to Eurostat.",
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      "place": "European Union",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "64% of 16-24-year-olds used AI in 2025",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20260210-1",
      "source_published": "10 February 2026, accessed 31 October 2026",
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      "sentence": "61.6% of young EU generative AI users used the tools for formal education in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.",
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      "place": "European Union",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "64% of 16-24-year-olds used AI in 2025",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/edn-20260210-1",
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      "method": "39.3% (aged 16 to 24 using generative AI for formal education) / 63.8% (aged 16 to 24 using generative AI at all) = 61.6%. Eurostat Statistics Explained rounds this to 62%.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/generative-ai-statistics/#stat-gai-eu-young-users-education-2025"
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      "unit": "%",
      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/",
      "source_published": "25 June 2025, accessed 31 October 2026",
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      "sentence": "10% of US adults aged 65 and over had used ChatGPT in 2025, against 58% of adults under 30, according to Pew Research Center.",
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      "unit": "%",
      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
      "source_title": "34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/",
      "source_published": "25 June 2025, accessed 31 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261015212807/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/",
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      "sentence": "18.5% of working-age people in India used generative AI in June 2026, against 17.5% in China, according to Microsoft AI Economy Institute.",
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      "sentence": "South Korea posted the largest rise in generative AI use, up 3.5 percentage points to 40.6% in the second quarter of 2026, according to Microsoft AI Economy Institute.",
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      "sentence": "Denmark had the highest generative AI use in the EU at 48.4% of people aged 16 to 74 in 2025, according to Eurostat.",
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      "source_title": "32.7% of EU people used generative AI tools in 2025",
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      "sentence": "Romania had the lowest generative AI use in the EU at 17.8% of people aged 16 to 74 in 2025, according to Eurostat.",
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      "source_title": "32.7% of EU people used generative AI tools in 2025",
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      "sentence": "Generative AI use in Denmark was 2.7 times the rate in Romania in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.",
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      "sample": "EU survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals, people aged 16 to 74, use in the 3 months before the survey.",
      "method": "48.4% (Denmark) / 17.8% (Romania) = 2.72, rounded to 2.7. People aged 16 to 74, Eurostat 2025.",
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    {
      "id": "gai-dk-source-gap-2025",
      "sentence": "Eurostat put Denmark generative AI use 16.0 points higher than Microsoft did, 48.4% in 2025 against 32.4% in June 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal.",
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      "source_title": "34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023",
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      "id": "gai-ww-chatgpt-nonwork-2025",
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      "sentence": "Practical guidance, seeking information and writing made up nearly 80% of ChatGPT conversations to July 2025, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper.",
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