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  "id": "datareportal-1-billion-people-use-ai-monthly",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/datareportal-1-billion-people-use-ai-monthly/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/datareportal-1-billion-people-use-ai-monthly.json",
  "claim": "More than 1 billion people use standalone AI platforms each month (Kepios / DataReportal, Oct. 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many people use AI worldwide?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Kepios (DataReportal, with Meltwater and We Are Social)",
    "title": "Digital 2026 Global Overview Report (published Oct. 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Kepios's analysis indicates that more than 1 billion people now use LLMs and GenAI platforms each month. It's important to note that this figure relies on extrapolations of data from multiple sources",
  "method": "Kepios extrapolation from multiple company and third-party sources; no single survey.",
  "drift": [
    "Method: an extrapolation, as the source itself warns",
    "Scope: excludes AI features inside other products, such as Google's AI Overviews"
  ],
  "interest": "DataReportal reports are produced with Meltwater and We Are Social, which sell marketing services.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Kepios estimated in October 2025 that more than 1 billion people use standalone AI platforms each month, an extrapolation from several sources.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DataReportal — Digital 2026 Global Overview Report",
      "url": "https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2026-global-overview-report",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Data up to October 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}