88+ Artificial Intelligence Statistics for 2026

Welcome to our curated and vetted list of 88+ AI statistics for 2026.

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Top Artificial Intelligence Statistics

• By 2030, AI could add as much as $13T to the global economy.
• The global AI market was worth $390.9B in 2025 and is set to hit $3.5T by 2033, growing at a 31.5% CAGR.
• AI was projected to replace 85M jobs by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum.
• 77% of workers worldwide say their company uses AI. 
• AI adoption jumped from 55% in 2023 to 78% of businesses in 2024.
• A significant 72% of business leaders think generative AI will boost team productivity.
• Roughly 30% of IT professionals worldwide note their organization’s employees save time using AI and automation tools.
• 79% of people in the US use AI constantly or multiple times a day.

AI Market Size, Growth Rates, Investment, Leading Players, and More

• OpenAI’s gen AI tools reached 100M+ users in just two months.
• ChatGPT is the top gen AI tool (52%), ahead of Gemini (30%) and Copilot (20%).
• From Sept 2024 to Sept 2025, ChatGPT held 81.12% of the market, with Perplexity at 10.85% and Copilot at 4.04%.
• ChatGPT use is lower in the US (45%) vs. the UK (55%), Canada (56%), and Australia (58%).
• Gen AI is mostly used to answer questions or explain complex topics (42%), then for learning (33%), and writing or drafting (31%).
• In 2025, the US was the world’s largest AI market at $46.99B.
• The global AI market will hit 582.95T in 2024, nearing $2T by 2030, with a CAGR of 32.9% from 2022 to 2030.

• The global explainable AI market was worth an estimated $9.39B in 2025 and is expected to surpass $24B by 2030.

• In 2024, the global generative AI market hit $37.87B, up $32.36B since 2020. It’s projected to grow by another $404.2B by 2031.
• In 2024, the global machine learning market hit $77.13B—up $27.61B since 2020. It’s set to grow another $491.19B by 2031.
• In 2024, the global NLP market hit $39.79B, up $26.41B since 2020. It’s projected to grow by $161.7B by 2031.
• The global AI robotics market topped $17B in 2024, up nearly 30% from 2023, and is projected to reach $100B by 2031, growing about 20% annually.
• The market for AI products and services is estimated to reach a value between $780B and $990B by 2027. 
• The US topped the 2024 government AI readiness index with a score of 87.03, ahead of Singapore, South Korea, and France.
• In 2024, US private AI investment hit $109.1B, 12x China’s and 24x the UK’s.
• Generative AI drew $33.9B in private investment in 2024, up 18.7% from 2023.
• Accenture says AI could add $461B to global healthcare by 2035, pushing it past $2.26T.
• Netflix values its personalized recommendation engine at $1B annually.
• In 2024, US institutions built 40 major AI models, far ahead of China’s 15 and Europe’s 3.
• In 2024, global corporate AI investment reached $252.3B, up 44.5% in private funding and 12.1% in M&A—marking a 13x+ rise since 2014.

Sources: Attest, Allied Market Research, Bain & Company, Business Insider, Grand View Research, Next Move Strategy Consulting, Nasdaq, Stanford, Statista, Statcounter, Semrush, KPMG

Workers’ Perceptions of AI and Its Impact on Jobs

• 57% of employees admit to hiding their AI use or passing off AI-generated work as their own.
• 56% of employees say AI use has led them to make mistakes at work.
• 65% of employees under 35 admit to careless or improper AI use at work.
• Nearly half (49%) of workers using AI have entered confidential or protected content into public tools.
• 72% of workers under 35 use AI.
• 58% of employees regularly and intentionally use AI at work.
• Among US workers, 15% use AI daily, 11% weekly, 15% occasionally, and 58% not at all.
• 20% of men use AI daily at work vs. 10% of women.
• 66% of women don’t use AI, compared to 52% of men.
• Most people (64%) think AI will reduce jobs in 20 years, but only 39% of AI experts share that view.
• Over half (56%) of workers are uneasy with AI assisting HR in hiring and performance evaluations.
• About 54% of AI users at organizations today are IT professionals, making them the predominant user group.

• In the US, AI job listings grew to 1.8% of the market in 2024.
• In the US, the estimated total pay for an AI Engineer is between $110–176K annually, with a median salary of $138K.
• 60% of workers think AI will reshape their jobs in five years, but only 36% fear replacement.
• In 2024, AI-skilled workers earned 56% more on average.
• 53% of C-level execs use gen AI regularly, compared to 44% of midlevel managers.
• Currently, 57% of consumers fear AI-driven job losses—down from 59% in 2024.
• 91% of Indian workers use AI and 81% trust it, compared to only 39% and 33% in the Czech Republic.

Sources: Attest, Glassdoor, IBM, KPMG, McKinsey, NORC, Pew Research Center, PwC, Stanford, SurveyMonkey, Statista

Global Adoption of AI in Business

• In 2024, 84% of businesses viewed AI positively.
• 87% of global firms think AI will give them a competitive edge.
• 83% of execs say AI is a top strategic focus for their business.
• As of July 2024, 78% say their company uses AI—up from 72% earlier in the year and 55% in 2023.
• 94% of business leaders concur that AI is essential for a company’s future success.
• 43% of AI adoption is driven by advancements that increase its accessibility.

• Limited AI skills, expertise, or knowledge (34%) is the main barrier to successful AI adoption.

• A lack of properly skilled employees for new AI and automation tools is a challenge for 19% of companies.
• Around 35% of organizations report actively training and reskilling employees to adapt to new AI and automation software and tools.
• A quarter of companies turn to AI as a solution for labor or skills shortages.
• One of the primary ways organizations use AI to tackle labor or skill shortages is by minimizing manual or repetitive tasks (65%).

• 54% of organizations report cost savings and increased efficiency from AI-driven process automation, with 53% noting improved IT or network performance and 48% experiencing enhanced customer experiences.
• 66% of companies use or plan to use AI to achieve sustainability objectives.
• Since GenAI took off in 2022, productivity in AI-heavy sectors jumped from 7% to 27%, while low-AI industries saw a dip from 10% to 9%.
• Just 8% of firms reported AI incidents in 2024, and 42% of those had only one or two cases.
• AI boosts customer support agents’ issue resolution rate by 14.2%.
• AI helps developers complete tasks 26.08% faster on average.
• High AI integration boosts the odds of strong productivity gains to 72%. 
• Wage growth is 2x faster in AI-exposed industries than in low-AI sectors.
• AI-exposed roles saw a 38% increase in job openings from 2019 to 2024.
• AI workloads are set to grow 25–35% annually through 2027.
• 75% of executives say AI will help them enter new markets or launch new ventures.
• AI could boost business productivity by up to 40% by 2035. 
• 95% of recruiters think AI will significantly improve hiring and retention. 
• Text is the top gen AI output (63%) in organizations, followed by images (36%) and code (27%).

Sources: Bain & Company, BCG, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, IBM, McKinsey, PwC, Statista, Stanford

How Americans Feel about AI

• From 2022 to 2024, the share of people seeing AI as mostly beneficial grew from 52% to 55%.
• 66% globally believe AI will impact daily life within 3–5 years, rising six points since 2022, with big jumps in Canada and Germany.
• AI optimism is highest in China (83%), Indonesia (80%), and Thailand (77%), but much lower in the US (39%), Canada (40%), and the Netherlands (36%).
• 72% of Americans know about chatbots.
• Most Gen AI users (68%) trust its output, and 14% place full trust in it.
• 43% of consumers worry about AI privacy and security.
• 56% of AI experts see a positive long-term impact on the US, vs. only 17% of the general public.
• 76% of AI experts believe AI will benefit them personally, while only 15% foresee harm. In contrast, 43% of the public expect personal harm from AI, just 24% see benefits, and 33% are unsure.
• 64% of the public expect AI to cut jobs long-term, but only 39% of AI experts agree.
• 56% of the public is highly concerned about AI-related job loss, versus just 25% of AI experts.
• 66% of adults and 70% of AI experts are deeply concerned about AI spreading inaccurate information.
• 57% of the public fear AI weakens human connection, while only 37% of AI experts agree.
• 72% of people worldwide accept AI use, despite lingering concerns.
• 60% of people feel confident using AI.
• 70% of the public believes AI needs regulation.
• 75% of people have seen or experienced various benefits from using AI.

Sources: Attest, Pew Research Center, Stanford, KPMG

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