U.S. AI-powered search engines usage reasons 2024| Statista

According to a 2024 survey conducted in the United States, around 25 percent of responding adults claimed to have used artificial intelligence-powered online search engines to test the new technology. Around 12 percent of respondents mentioned the accuracy of AI-generated search results as reasons for using these tools, and another 17 percent of respondents claimed the chatbot-style results led them faster to find their answers.

Reasons for using artificial intelligence-powered online search engines according to adults in the United States in February 2024

Characteristic	Share of respondents
I have not used this before	36%
I wanted to test out the technology/innovation	25%
I find the chatbot-style results help me find answers faster	17%
I find the results more accurate	12%
I trust AI-generated content more than human-generated content	10%

0%2.5%5%7.5%10%12.5%15%17.5%20%22.5%25%27.5%30%32.5%35%37.5%40%

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

May 2024

More information

Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

February 2024

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Source does not specify the exact date of survey.

Citation formats

Other statistics on the topic
AI-powered online search

Downloads of mobile apps using the keywords "chatbot" and "ChatGPT" in their title or description worldwide between January and October 2023

Software

Global downloads of apps using keywords "chatbot" and "ChatGPT" 2023

Interest in ChatGPT on Google search from November 2022 to June 2024 worldwide, by week

Software

Global weekly interest in ChatGPT on Google search 2022-2024

Interest in generative AI on Google searches from February 2022 to June 2024 worldwide, by week

Software

Global weekly interest in generative AI on Google searches 2022-2024

Market share of leading search engines worldwide from January 2015 to March 2025

Online Search

Global market share of leading search engines 2015-2025

Access all statistics starting from $2,388 USD yearly ^*

* For commercial use only

For single users

$0 USD

Always free

Access limited to Free Statistics. Premium Statistics are not included.

Free Statistics

Based on your interests

For single users

$199 USD

per month, billed annually ¹

Buy now

Free Statistics
Premium Statistics

For teams of up to 5 people

$1,299 USD

per month, billed annually ¹

Buy now

Free + Premium Statistics
Reports
Market Insights

1 All prices do not include sales tax. The account requires an annual contract and will renew after one year to the regular list price.

Compare accounts

Leading companies trust Statista:

Related reports: Available to download in PDF or PPTX format

All data
in one format

AI-powered online search

52 page/s
English
pptx
Detailed references

Everything on "AI-powered online search" in one document: edited and divided into chapters, including detailed references.

Go to report

Further reports

I think of Statista as Google for researchers. Statista provides you with the information you search for right away.

Dr. Horst Stipp
EVP, Research & Innovation, Advertising Research Foundation