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  "id": "pew-chatgpt-used-by-34-percent-us-adults",
  "slug": "pew-chatgpt-used-by-34-percent-us-adults",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-chatgpt-used-by-34-percent-us-adults/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/pew-chatgpt-used-by-34-percent-us-adults.json",
  "claim": "34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"What share of Americans use ChatGPT?\" / \"a third of Americans have used ChatGPT\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023 (June 25, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Today, 34% of U.S. adults say they have ever used ChatGPT, according to a Pew Research Center survey. That includes a 58% majority of adults under 30.",
  "method": "Pew Research Center American Trends Panel survey of U.S. adults (see the linked methodology).",
  "drift": [
    "None — 'ever used', not weekly or daily use; AI adoption moves fast, so check for a newer Pew figure"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "As of a Pew Research Center survey published in June 2025, 34% of U.S. adults said they had ever used ChatGPT, including 58% of adults under 30.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — 34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Published June 25, 2025 (newer surveys may show higher use)",
  "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/"
}