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By Use Case · AI for Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry

Publishing companies using AI, 2022–2025

CHART 1 · PUBLISHING INDUSTRY TRAJECTORY

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Source: Publishers Weekly annual salary & jobs reports 2022–2025. Tracks share of publishing companies using AI in any business function (editorial, marketing, production, etc.). Adoption more than doubled over three years.
By Use Case · AI for Blog Posts and Article Writing

Average cost per blog post: AI-assisted vs human-only

CHART 1 - THE COST ECONOMICS

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Source: Ahrefs 2025 comprehensive content cost analysis (900,000+ newly created webpages globally; cost data from content teams across multiple industries). AI-assisted blog post: $131 average (4.7× cost efficiency vs human-only); human-only blog post: $611 average. Average cost reduction: $480 per blog post.
By Use Case · AI for Writing: Adoption Overview

Distribution of ChatGPT use cases by category

CHART 1 - HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE CHATGPT

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Source: OpenAI economic research, May 2025 (analysis of 1.5M ChatGPT conversations in collaboration with Harvard and Duke researchers). Separately, Thunderbit citing OpenAI 2026 data reports practical guidance (28.3%), writing and editing (28.1%), and seeking information (21.3%) as the top three use cases. Numbers vary depending on whether "all conversations" or "work-related conversations only" are measured.
By Use Case · AI for Email Drafting at Work

Global AI email assistant market size, 2023–2026

CHART 1 - THE MARKET

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Source: Coliflo AI email tools comparison 2025 citing industry analysts ($810M in 2024, $880M in 2025); Read AI / Virtual Workforce projections. Note: this is the narrow "AI email assistant" software market — distinct from the broader productivity AI category and from email volume processed (which is dramatically larger).
By Use Case · AI for Translation and Multilingual Writing

Global AI translation services market, 2025–2035 forecast

Chart 1 · The market trajectory

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By Use Case · AI for Academic and Research Writing

Student AI adoption: 2024 vs 2025

CHART 1 - THE ONE-YEAR SHIFT

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Source: HEPI Student Generative AI Survey 2024 and 2025 (UK higher education). The "any AI use" figure rose from 66% to 92%; the "used gen AI for assessments" figure rose from 53% to 88%; "included AI-generated text directly in submitted work" measured at 18% in 2025 (HEPI did not separately report this in 2024). These are self-reported measures, so they likely understate actual use.
By Use Case · AI for Technical Documentation

Mintlify ARR and customer growth, 2023–2025

Chart 1 · Platform growth

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By Use Case · AI for Coding: Adoption Overview

Developers using AI coding tools

CHART 1 · ADOPTION CURVE

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By Use Case · AI for Editing and Proofreading

Grammarly vs ChatGPT by segment

Chart 1 · Two tools, two jobs

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By Use Case · AI for Writing: Adoption Overview

AI writing tool adoption by population

CHART 2 - WHO USES AI FOR WRITING

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By Use Case · AI for Technical Documentation

Notable Mintlify customers by category

Chart 2 · Who's using it

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Source: Mintlify 2025 Year in Review and customer announcements. Notable: AI labs (Anthropic, Perplexity, Cursor), fintech (Coinbase, PayPal), big tech (Microsoft, AT&T), data/science (Anaconda), developer tools (Replit, Vercel, PlanetScale).
By Use Case · AI for Code Generation (Greenfield)

AI accuracy by code-generation task

CHART 1 · FUNCTION-LEVEL IS NEAR-SOLVED

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