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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Nov 2025); Bick & Blandin, NBER Working Paper 32966 (2024); revised methodology Aug 2025
CHART 1 - CONSUMER ADOPTION CURVE
US generative AI adoption, 2022–2025
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, "The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025"; Bick & Blandin, NBER Working Paper 32966 (Sept 2024); Pew Research Center "Americans and AI" surveys (2023–2025). The Fed's 2024 survey was revised in August 2025 with corrected question sequencing; the chart uses revised figures. 2026 data not yet captured in primary surveys.
CHART 2 - HISTORICAL COMPARISON
Generative AI vs. PC vs. internet adoption, by years since launch
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Nov 2025), comparative adoption analysis. PC reference: IBM PC mass-market launch in 1981, 19.7% US household adoption by 1984. Internet reference: commercial internet opening in 1995, 30.1% US adoption by 1998. Generative AI reference: ChatGPT launch in Nov 2022, 54.6% US adult adoption by Aug 2025.
CHART 3 - PRODUCT GROWTH
ChatGPT weekly active users, 2022–2026
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Source: OpenAI public announcements; TechCrunch / Andreessen Horowitz report (March 2025); Statcounter Global Stats (April 2026). Latest milestone: 1B monthly active app users, May 2026 (Sensor Tower via Reuters).
CHART 4 - MARKET SHARE SHIFT
AI chatbot market share: Feb 2025 vs Apr 2026
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Source: Momentic / Similarweb global web-visit data (April 2026 report); Statcounter Global Stats (March 2026). Measures worldwide web-visit share across the seven largest generative AI chatbots; excludes mobile apps and API usage.
CHART 5 - ENTERPRISE UPTAKE
Organizations using AI in at least one business function, 2021–2025
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Source: McKinsey & Company, "The State of AI" annual global surveys (2023, 2024, 2025). The 2025 survey was conducted June–July 2025 with 1,993 participants across 105 countries. Enterprise adoption measures any AI use, including pre-generative AI machine learning applications.
About this data
Statistics on this page are compiled from publicly available studies. Where multiple sources report on the same metric, we cite the most authoritative source available — typically central bank research, academic working papers, or annual industry surveys with disclosed methodology — and note any methodological caveats.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis revised its August 2024 figures upward in August 2025 after identifying question-sequencing effects in the original survey instrument. We use the revised figures throughout. Data is refreshed quarterly. If you run into any issues or have a study to suggest, contact us at research@aibehaviorindex.org.
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