As of April 2024, 55 percent of older teenagers aged between 15 and 18 years in the United States reported to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for school assignments. Homework help was also the top motivating factor for younger U.S. teens aged 13 and 14 years to use gen AI tools, as 49 percent of them reported doing so. Approximately 20 percent of all U.S. teens reported having used generative AI to create content as a joke, or to tease another person.
Reasons to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools among teenagers in the United States as of April 2024, by age
Characteristic
13 to 14 years
15 to 18 years
Help with homework
49%
55%
Keep me from being bored
44%
41%
Translate something from one language to another
43%
40%
Brainstorm ideas
27%
44%
Write a document or e-mail
27%
39%
Create a new image or video
34%
32%
Summarize or synthesize information
26%
37%
Create content as a joke or to tease another person
18%
20%
Get advice on a personal issue
18%
18%
Plan an activity
15%
17%
Keep me company
18%
13%
Seek health-related advice
11%
16%
Generate new content from a person's voice or image
12%
12%
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Common Sense Media. (September 18, 2024). Reasons to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools among teenagers in the United States as of April 2024, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1534923/us-teens-ai-usage-reasons-by-age/
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Common Sense Media. "Reasons to Use Generative Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Tools among Teenagers in The United States as of April 2024, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1534923/us-teens-ai-usage-reasons-by-age/
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