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# 62% of Americans aged 18–29 had heard a lot about AI in 2025, up from 33% in 2022
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/americans-who-have-heard-a-lot-about-ai-by-age/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:56:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:53.000Z
- Description: In 2025, 62% of US adults aged 18–29 said they had heard a lot about AI, up 29 points from 2022. Awareness rose every year in every age group; among those 65 and older it reached 32%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Adoption, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-adoption, #country-us

62%

▲ 29 pts since 2022

Share of US adults aged 18–29 who had heard a lot about AI, 2025

20222025

## What the chart shows

The share of US adults who say they have heard a lot about AI has risen every year since 2022 in every age group. Among adults aged 18–29 it rose from 33% to 62%, the largest increase, at 29 percentage points.

Older groups have followed the same path from a lower base: 30–49-year-olds rose from 29% to 51%, 50–64-year-olds from 25% to 42%, and those 65 and older from 19% to 32%. The gap between the youngest and oldest groups widened from 14 to 30 points.

## Key numbers

| Measure          | Value |
| ---------------- | ----- |
| Ages 18–29, 2022 | 33%   |
| Ages 18–29, 2025 | 62%   |
| Ages 30–49, 2025 | 51%   |
| Ages 50–64, 2025 | 42%   |
| Ages 65+, 2022   | 19%   |
| Ages 65+, 2025   | 32%   |

## How to read it

- Pew Research Center surveys of US adults, 2022–2025.
- The AI Index text says 47% of all US adults had heard a lot about AI in 2025, up from 26% in 2022; the data file has the age groups only.

**Source:** [Pew Research](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#pew-research-ai), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.2.7: *Americans who have heard a lot about AI by age group, 2022–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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