This page presents AI adoption among Black Americans using race/ethnicity breakdowns from Pew Research Center’s 2025 teen survey and 2026 AI analysis, Brookings’ NORC-based nationwide survey, and academic research on algorithmic bias. We present these patterns factually and in context, without drawing evaluative conclusions about any group.
The AI Behavior Index is the research arm of OneChat AI, an integrated multi-model AI platform. We compile and analyze data from primary research sources to make AI adoption and market trends more accessible to journalists, researchers, and decision-makers.
A note on data scope and care: the cleanest race/ethnicity adoption breakdowns currently available are for teens (Pew 2025), so several headline figures describe teens specifically, not all Black adults — we label this throughout. Adult subgroup rates come from nationally representative surveys but have larger uncertainty at the subgroup level due to smaller sample sizes. The algorithmic-bias concerns are documented in peer-reviewed and journalistic sources and are presented as factual context, not opinion.
Methodology notes: teen figures are from Pew’s probability-based survey of 1,458 U.S. teens; adult figures are from Brookings’ NORC nationwide survey and Pew adult surveys, with wider margins of error at the subgroup level. Tool-preference figures are directional. The representation figure (~19%) is from a Pew adult survey. “Black Americans” is a broad category spanning many backgrounds and generations; aggregate figures smooth over that diversity. Where data is teen-specific, we say so.
Sources used on this page:
- Pew Research Center — Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 (race/ethnicity breakdowns)
- Brookings — How Are Americans Using AI 2026 (NORC nationwide, race categories)
- Pew Research Center — Key Findings on Americans’ Views of AI 2026 (representation; bias perceptions)
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