In the week of October 19, 2026, we typed "ai statistics" into Google.
The AI Overview, Google's AI-written summary at the top of the page, opened with "72% of businesses have integrated AI into at least one function."
Then it printed Allen Iverson's career NBA averages, because he is also known as "AI". He scored 26.7 points a game, if you were wondering.
Short answer: use the 2026 survey numbers below. Before you quote any figure, check the year of the study, whether it is a forecast, and whether the publisher has released a newer one.
We did the checking at RankControl, an AI SEO and AEO platform, and the full working is in the sourced version on our blog. In November 2026 we reopened the source behind each number here.
About 2,400 people a month in the US search for "ai statistics", according to Google search volume estimates.