34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023 – Pew Research Center
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The share of Americans who have used ChatGPT, an AI chatbot released in November 2022, has roughly doubled since summer 2023. Today, 34% of U.S. adults say they have ever used ChatGPT, according to a Pew Research Center survey. That includes a 58% majority of adults under 30.
Still, 66% of Americans have not used the chatbot, including 20% who say they’ve heard nothing about it.
Below, we explore the following questions:
Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand Americans’ use of ChatGPT.
For this analysis, we surveyed 5,123 U.S. adults from Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other factors. Read more about the ATP’s methodology.
Here are the questions used for this analysis, the topline and the survey methodology.
Use of ChatGPT is up across age groups and education levels, but some groups remain more likely than others to have used it.
As in previous years, young adults stand out in their ChatGPT use. Today, 58% of adults under 30 say they have used it, up from 43% in 2024 and 33% in 2023. While use is rising in older age groups as well, they remain less likely to have used ChatGPT:
Differences by education
Adults with higher levels of formal education are more likely than those with less education to have used ChatGPT. About half of those with a bachelor’s degree only (51%) or a postgraduate degree (52%) say they have used ChatGPT, compared with smaller shares of those with some college experience (33%) or a high school degree or less education (18%).
Since March 2023, we’ve also asked about three ways people might use ChatGPT: for work, to learn something new or for entertainment. We see growth in all three areas.
In two years, the share of employed adults who say they use ChatGPT for work has risen by 20 percentage points to 28%. That includes an 8-point increase since last year.
Other Center research shows workers have mixed feelings about its use and expect it to have a major impact on jobs.
Looking at other use cases for ChatGPT among U.S. adults overall:
Differences by age
Use of ChatGPT for these reasons has risen since March 2023 across age groups. But younger adults are more likely than older adults to use ChatGPT in these ways. For example, 38% of employed adults ages 18 to 29 say they have used ChatGPT on the job. This compares with:
Some 46% of all adults under 30 have used it to learn something new. And 42% have used it for entertainment.
Still, some older adults have used ChatGPT in these ways. About three-in-ten adults ages 30 to 49 say they’ve ever used the chatbot for learning and entertainment. The share of adults 50 or older who say the same drops further.
Adults with higher levels of formal education also stand out in using ChatGPT at work. Some 45% of employed adults with a postgraduate degree say they have used it this way, compared with:
Among all U.S. adults, those with a bachelor’s degree only (34%) or a postgraduate degree (39%) are the most likely to use the chatbot for learning.
Awareness of ChatGPT has risen over time: When we first asked about it in March 2023, 58% said they had heard at least a little about it. Now, most Americans – 79% – have heard at least a little about it, including 34% who have heard a lot about it.
Majorities of adults of all ages have heard about the chatbot. But adults under 30 stand out for hearing a lot about it – 53% say this, compared with 15% of those 65 and older.
Regardless of education level, majorities of adults have heard at least a little about ChatGPT. But about half of adults with a postgraduate degree say they’ve heard a lot about it. That compares with 19% of those with a high school degree or less education.
Note: This is an update of a post originally published on March 26, 2024. Here are the questions used for this analysis, the topline and the survey methodology.
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Olivia Sidoti is a research assistant focusing on internet and technology research at Pew Research Center.
Colleen McClain is a senior researcher focusing on internet and technology research at Pew Research Center.
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