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# Americans trail the global average on all seven areas AI could improve; on saving time, 45% vs 56%
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-improve-life-us-vs-global-average/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:56:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:44.000Z
- Description: On Ipsos's global average, 56% expect AI to cut the time it takes them to get things done, the most of seven areas of life; in the US, 45% do. Americans are less hopeful than the average on all seven.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, Public Opinion on AI, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-opinion, #country-us

56%

Share expecting AI to cut the time it takes them to get things done, Ipsos global average, 2025, the highest of seven areas; United States 45%

Saving time

Global average55.7%

United States45%

## What the chart shows

Ipsos asked whether AI will make seven areas of life better. On its global average, the most common expectation is saving time: 56% expect AI to cut the time it takes them to get things done, and half (50.5%) expect better entertainment options. Fewer expect a better economy (36.5%) or job market (33%), and 30.5% expect less disinformation online.

Respondents in the United States are less hopeful than the global average in every area. The gaps are largest for disinformation (17% vs 30.5%) and the job market (20% vs 33%); on their own jobs, 33% of Americans expect an improvement against 40% globally.

## Key numbers

| Measure                                 | Value |
| --------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Time to get things done, global average | 55.7% |
| Time to get things done, United States  | 45%   |
| The job market, global average          | 32.6% |
| The job market, United States           | 20%   |
| My job, global average                  | 40.2% |
| My job, United States                   | 33%   |

## How to read it

- Share answering that AI will make each area ‘better’, Ipsos AI Monitor 2025\. For disinformation, better means less of it. ‘Global average’ is Ipsos’s average across countries.
- This figure’s own data file has a duplicated column name that hides the area names, so the chart uses the file the AI Index publishes for its job-market chart, which holds the same answers (the global average and China to one more decimal place). The download is that file.
- The AI Index’s chart shows all 31 countries; the companion chart compares the job market and own job by country.

**Source:** [Ipsos](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ipsos-ai-monitor), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.1.6: *Global opinions on the potential of AI to improve life by country, 2025*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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