75% of knowledge workers use AI at work (Microsoft and LinkedIn, 2024)
Outdated Confidence: high
Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.
- Commonly cited as
- "3 in 4 workers use AI"
- True origin
- Microsoft & LinkedIn — 2024 Work Trend Index: AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part (May 8, 2024)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2024
- Data as of
- Survey early 2024
- Last checked
- What the source says
75% of knowledge workers use AI at work today, and 46% of users started using it less than six months ago.
- Method & sample
- Survey of 31,000 people in 31 countries plus LinkedIn and Microsoft 365 signals (per the report).
- Drift between quote and source
- Scope: knowledge workers in 31 countries, not all workers
- Age: early-2024 data; Pew found 16% of US workers do some work with AI
- Interest
- Microsoft and LinkedIn sell AI products (Copilot).
Safe rephrasing
Microsoft and LinkedIn's 2024 Work Trend Index reported that 75% of knowledge workers surveyed in 31 countries used AI at work; it is 2024 data from AI vendors.
Sources we opened
- Microsoft Work Trend Index 2024 (primary)
Machine-readable: /api/claims/75-percent-knowledge-workers-use-ai-microsoft-2024.json · Last checked 2026-10-16