Global AI Usage Rate Status Gray: Never used AI → 84% (about 6.8 billion people) Green: Used free chatbots (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) → 16% (about 1.3 billion people) Yellow: Pays about $20 a month for AI (Plus/Pro subscription) → about 0.3% (15 to 25 million people) Red: Actively using coding/productivity tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) → about 0.04% (2 to 5 million people) AI is still in its very early stages..