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Daily AI usage in US more than doubled from March to August 2026

Epoch AI, with polling partner Ipsos, ran representative US surveys in March and August 2026 and found the share of adults using AI at least six days a week rose from 8% to 19%; occasional (one-day-per-week) users fell from 17% to 10%. The March sample had 2,017 respondents and the August sample 1,016, and Epoch AI cautions the two estimates are not fully comparable because question wording differed between surveys.

KEY POINTS

  1. Epoch AI, with polling partner Ipsos, ran representative US surveys in March and August 2026 and found the share of adults using AI at least six days a week rose from 8% to 19%; occasional (one-day-per-week) users fell from 17% to 10%.
  2. The March sample had 2,017 respondents and the August sample 1,016, and Epoch AI cautions the two estimates are not fully comparable because question wording differed between surveys.
  3. A rapid rise in daily AI use signals accelerating consumer adoption with implications for product design, market growth, and regulation.

WHY IT MATTERS

A rapid rise in daily AI use signals accelerating consumer adoption with implications for product design, market growth, and regulation.

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Daily AI usage in the U.S. has more than doubled in just six months

The share of US adults who use AI almost every day more than doubled between March and August 2026. The findings come from two representative surveys that research institute Epoch AI conducted with polling firm Ipsos. The share who used AI on at least six out of seven days rose from 8 percent to 19 percent. Meanwhile, the share of occasional users who used AI only one day a week fell from 17 percent to 10 percent. T…

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