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44%of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026)
44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026) (Feb 2026, Pew Research Center)
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In plain words
What this number really says
44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026) (Feb 2026).
44%
the latest figure (Feb 2026)
Survey
type of source
Why you can trust it. Pew Research Center: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 5,119 US adults, American Trends Panel, 17-23 Feb 2026
Key facts
- Period Feb 2026
- Region USA
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Irregular
Source: Pew Research Center, Feb 2026
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- Pew Research Center
- Source type
- Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
- What it measures
- 44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026)
- Data period
- Feb 2026 (ends 23 Feb 2026)
- Published by the source
- 17 Jun 2026
- Who is counted
- 5,119 US adults, American Trends Panel, 17-23 Feb 2026
- In the source's words
A little under half of U.S. adults (44%) now report using the chatbot, up from 34% last year.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on pewresearch.org.
- Reuse
- Free to quote with credit. American Trends Panel, a probability panel of US adults.
- Next expected update
- Irregular (Pew Research Center, irregular)
- Original page
- www.pewresearch.org: Pew Research Center
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
Full change log
- 17 Jun 2026Method change34% 2023-2025 asked 'Have you ever used ChatGPT?' of those who had heard of it; 2026 also asked about other chatbots.
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Pew Research Center. (2026). 44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-search/us-adults-use-chatgpt
MLA
"44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026)." Pew Research Center, Feb 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-search/us-adults-use-chatgpt.
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44% of US adults say they use ChatGPT, up from 34% in 2025 (question wording changed in 2026), for Feb 2026, according to Pew Research Center. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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