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Every share-of-a-whole percentage across the roundups, drawn to scale. Each bar is exactly the figure its source reports; growth rates are left out, since a bar would misstate them.

  1. 94%

    94% of executives expect AI to be critical to their business within three years.

    Source: Deloitte State of AI in the Enterprise · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  2. 92%

    92% of Fortune 500 companies use OpenAI products.

    Source: OpenAI · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  3. 78%

    78% of organizations report using AI in at least one business function.

    Source: McKinsey State of AI · AI Adoption Statistics 2026: Enterprise & Consumer

  4. ~70%

    ~70% of US adults have used a generative AI tool at least once.

    Source: Pew Research Center · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  5. 70%

    70% of developers report using AI coding assistants daily.

    Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  6. 65%

    65% of small businesses now use at least one AI tool.

    Source: US Chamber of Commerce · AI Adoption Statistics 2026: Enterprise & Consumer

  7. ~62%

    The 18–34 age group makes up ~62% of ChatGPT's user base.

    Source: Pew Research Center · ChatGPT Statistics 2026: Users, Revenue & Usage

  8. 62%

    62% of AI-engineering roles offer remote or hybrid work.

    Source: Hired State of Software Engineers · AI Jobs Statistics 2026: Demand, Salaries & Displacement

  9. 56%

    AI is now cited as the #1 productivity driver by 56% of knowledge workers.

    Source: McKinsey Global Institute · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  10. 55%

    Roughly 55% of ChatGPT users are male; 45% female.

    Source: Similarweb / Pew Research · ChatGPT Statistics 2026: Users, Revenue & Usage

  11. 55%

    55% of executives plan to hire prompt engineers in the next 12 months.

    Source: Gartner · AI Jobs Statistics 2026: Demand, Salaries & Displacement

  12. 52%

    Marketing & sales is the most-AI-adopted business function (52%).

    Source: McKinsey · AI Adoption Statistics 2026: Enterprise & Consumer

  13. 51%

    Public trust in AI averages 51% globally — but ranges from 78% in India to 32% in France.

    Source: Edelman Trust Barometer · AI Statistics 2026: Adoption, Spend & Growth

  14. 43%

    43% of professional designers now use AI image tools weekly.

    Source: Adobe State of Creativity · AI Image Generation Statistics 2026

  15. ~42%

    The most common ChatGPT use case is writing (~42% of sessions).

    Source: OpenAI usage report · ChatGPT Statistics 2026: Users, Revenue & Usage

  16. 17%

    Financial-services firms allocate 17% of their IT budget to AI.

    Source: Deloitte Financial Services AI Survey · AI Adoption Statistics 2026: Enterprise & Consumer

  17. 14%

    An estimated 14% of workers have already had to change occupation due to automation.

    Source: OECD Employment Outlook · AI Jobs Statistics 2026: Demand, Salaries & Displacement

Where the numbers come from

Statistics per source, across every roundup.

  • OpenAI4
  • AI Index Report — Stanford HAI2
  • Gartner2
  • Levels.fyi2
  • LinkedIn Economic Graph2
  • Pew Research Center2
  • The Information2
  • Adobe State of Creativity1

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