According to a survey conducted in April 2024, 56 percent of teenagers in the United States used AI-powered search engines, while 55 percent of parents reported doing the same. Around half of the U.S. teens and 38 percent of parents used chatbots during the same examined period. Overall, young users were engaging with more types of artificial intelligence tools than their parents.
Share of teenagers and parents in the United States using selected generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools as of April 2024
Characteristic
Teens
Parents
AI-supported search
56%
55%
Chatbots/text generators
51%
38%
Image generators
34%
26%
Video generators
22%
15%
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Common Sense Media. (September 18, 2024). Share of teenagers and parents in the United States using selected generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools as of April 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1534843/us-teens-and-parents-generative-ai-usage/
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