Research Report · RR-AI-01 · June 2026

The State of AI Use

Who is using artificial intelligence, what for, and what the pattern means for schools — the evidence behind The EdJournal’s developmental approach to AI.

What the report shows

~700M

ChatGPT weekly users by mid-2025 — near one in ten people on earth.

54.6%

of US working-age adults had used generative AI by August 2025.

77%

of all use is three everyday tasks: practical guidance, writing, and seeking information.

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