As of April 2024, search engines powered by artificial intelligence (AI) results were the preferred search tools among the majority of teens in the United States, with 20 percent of them using them every day. Around 27 percent of U.S. teens reported using chatbots for online search daily, while around 20 percent of survey respondents stated that they use AI tools for image generation each day. Overall, seven percent reported using image generators multiple times in a week, while five percent used video generators as often.
Share of teenagers in the United States using generative artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms as of April 2024, by frequency
Characteristic
Daily
Several times per week
A few times per month or less
Search engines
20%
16%
20%
Chatbots
11%
13%
27%
Image generators
6%
7%
21%
Video generators
7%
5%
10%
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%20%22%24%26%28%30%
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Common Sense Media. (September 18, 2024). Share of teenagers in the United States using generative artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms as of April 2024, by frequency [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1500204/us-teens-generative-ai-tools-usage-frequency/
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