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AI Usage by Industry: Old Question vs New Question (Dec 2025)#
Ask the same companies a broader question and the use rate jumps; the gap is how much the old question understated.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
Same point in time, same companies, different wording: the old question asks about use in production, the new one asks about use in any business function.
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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AI Usage by Industry, Over Time (New Question, Biweekly, From Nov 16 2025) = Full Official Sector Series#
Information services led with an 8-point gain in eight months while hospitality and transport barely moved: adoption deepens where it is already deep rather than spreading evenly.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
The new question only exists from November 2025, and the old series cannot be spliced onto it. Industries are grouped into three tiers by level, each on its own linear axis.
Source: OpenAI published research data; FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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By Industry: Using Now vs Expect to Use in Six Months (Latest Period, Paired Bars)#
Every industry expects higher use in six months than today; the green gap shows how thick each industry's adoption pipeline is.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
Grey is current use, green is expected use in six months (red means expectations are below current use), and the label is expected minus current in percentage points.
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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Company size and the national series
Snapshot for May 3 2026: By Company Size and Key Industries#
Companies with 250 or more employees adopt AI at roughly twice the overall average rate.Draft, pending review
How to read this chart
Snapshot taken from a US Census Bureau feature article.
Source: US Census Bureau public statistics; FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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National Series (New Question, From Nov 2025): Using Now vs Expect to Use in Six Months#
Nationally, expected use has stayed 3 to 4 points above current use, so the pipeline has never emptied.Draft, pending review
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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National Series: Using Now vs Expect to Use in Six Months (Old Question)#
The two years of the old question show the same thing: expectations ran 3 to 5 points above current use throughout.Draft, pending review
Source: FinSight compilation and estimates · Updated 2026-09-04
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