Near-daily AI use in the US doubled in six months, but the survey wording changed
Epoch AI polling shows near-daily AI use among US adults rising from 8% to 19% while weekly-only use fell, though the two waves used different question formats.
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Surveys by Epoch AI with Ipsos show the share of US adults using AI almost every day rose from 8 percent to 19 percent in six months.
The two waves ran in March and August 2026, with 2,017 and 1,016 randomly selected, population-weighted respondents. Over the same period, the share using AI only one day a week fell from 17 percent to 10 percent, so growth came mainly from occasional users turning frequent.
One caveat matters: the question format changed. March asked about overall AI use; August asked about each service separately and took the highest frequency. Epoch AI itself says the results are not fully comparable and the August figures may understate actual usage.