Gallup polling conducted in Q1 2026 asked employed American adults how often they use artificial intelligence in their role. Respondents could say daily, a few times a week, a few times a month, a few times a year, once a year, less than once a year, or never. The survey was conducted among 23 717 employed US adults, with a margin of error of ±0.9%.

Half of employed American adults — 50% — now say they use AI in their role at least a few times a year, up from 46% in the previous quarter. Daily use stands at 13%, while frequent use, meaning a few times a week or more, has reached 28%.

The data confirms that AI adoption in the American workplace is real and accelerating, but it is not yet uniform. Half of workers now interact with AI in some capacity, which marks a significant shift from where things stood even two years ago. But fewer than one in three use it weekly, and only one in eight uses it daily. The more telling story may be in the rate of change rather than the absolute levels. The sharpest acceleration appears to have occurred between Q2 2024 and Q2 2025, when any-use jumped 13 percentage points in a single year. Whether that pace is sustained into 2026 remains to be seen, but the directional trend is no longer in doubt.