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AI by the Numbers — 2026

A living dashboard of AI by the numbers: market size, adoption, and how much content AI now generates. Every figure links to its original source. Updated regularly.

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ToolGlance in numbers

135
AI tools compared
85
in-depth guides
14
categories
11
languages
88%
have a free tier
AI tools by category
Video: 2222VideoImage: 1414ImageCoding: 1414CodingProductivity: 1313ProductivityWriting: 1212WritingChatbot: 1111ChatbotMeetings: 1010MeetingsResearch: 77ResearchSeo: 77SeoVoice: 66VoiceDesign: 66DesignAutomation: 55AutomationMusic: 44MusicAgents: 44Agents

Source: ToolGlance catalog

Free vs paid-only tools
Free tier: 88%Paid only: 12%Free tier — 88%Paid only — 12%

Source: ToolGlance catalog

The AI industry in numbers

$255B
global AI market size in 2025
Statista
$1.2T+
projected global AI market size by 2030
Statista
88%
of organizations report regular AI use in at least one business function (2025)
McKinsey
800M
ChatGPT weekly active users (Oct 2025)
TechCrunch / OpenAI
$33.9B
private investment in generative AI in 2024, up 18.7% on 2023
Stanford HAI AI Index 2025
7%
potential lift to global GDP (~$7T) from generative AI over 10 years
Goldman Sachs
15B+
AI images created since 2022
Everypixel Journal
34M/day
AI images generated per day globally
Everypixel Journal
900M
ChatGPT weekly active users (Feb 2026)
a16z Top 100 Gen AI Apps
7M/day
Songs generated daily on Suno
TechCrunch
46%
Of code written by GitHub Copilot users is AI-generated
GitHub / Second Talent
8M
Deepfakes online in 2025 (up from 500K in 2023)
Keepnet Labs
$37B
enterprise spend on generative AI in 2025, up 3.2x from $11.5B in 2024
Menlo Ventures
280x
drop in inference cost for GPT-3.5-level performance from $20 to $0.07 per million tokens (Nov 2022 to Oct 2024)
Stanford HAI AI Index 2025
2B
monthly users of Google AI Overviews as of Q2 2025, across 200 countries
TechCrunch / Google
945 TWh
projected global data-center electricity use by 2030, more than double 2024's 415 TWh, with AI the main driver
IEA Energy and AI
70%
of Gen Z report using AI weekly, more than any other age group
Gallup
1,300+
AI-enabled medical devices now authorized by the FDA, up from 6 in 2014
Definitive Healthcare / FDA
$202.3B
Invested in AI startups globally in 2025, up 75% from $114B in 2024 and nearly half of all venture funding
Crunchbase
1.7B
Generative AI mobile app downloads in the first half of 2025, with ChatGPT taking 63% of all gen-AI app revenue
Sensor Tower
49%
Of occupations now have at least a quarter of their tasks done with Claude, up from 36% in early 2025
Anthropic Economic Index
10M
Largest LLM context window in 2025 (Llama 4), up from 4K tokens in GPT-3.5 just two years earlier
Morph LLM
$3.50
Returned for every $1 invested in AI customer support, with leaders reporting up to 40% lower support costs
Zendesk
Global AI market size by year ($B)
2024: 224$B224$B20242025: 255$B255$B20252030: 1,218$B1,218$B2030

2025 ~$255B, projected to exceed $1.2T by 2030

Source: Statista

Organizations using AI in at least one function (%)
2023: 55%55%20232024: 78%78%20242025: 88%88%2025

Share reporting regular AI use, by survey year

Source: McKinsey State of AI

ChatGPT weekly active users (M)
Feb 25: 400M400MFeb 25Sep 25: 700M700MSep 25Oct 25: 800M800MOct 25

Feb 2025: 400M, Sep 2025: 700M, Oct 2025: 800M

Source: OpenAI / TechCrunch

Global private AI investment by region (2024) ($B)
US: 89%China: 8%UK: 4%US — 89%China — 8%UK — 4%

U.S. dominates at $109.1B vs China $9.3B and U.K. $4.5B

Source: Stanford HAI AI Index 2025

Cumulative AI images created (billions)
2022: 2.62.620222023: 151520232024: 242420242025: 30302025

15B reached in ~1.5 yrs vs 149 yrs for photography

Source: Everypixel Journal / industry reports

AI images by platform (share of total) (%)
Stable Diffusion: 82%Adobe Firefly: 6%Midjourney: 6%DALL-E 2: 6%Stable Diffusion — 82%Adobe Firefly — 6%Midjourney — 6%DALL-E 2 — 6%

Stable Diffusion-based models dominate

Source: Everypixel Journal

Share of code AI-generated by language (Copilot users) (%)
Java: 61%61%JavaAverage: 46%46%AveragePython: 40%40%PythonJS/TS: 33%33%JS/TS

Source: GitHub / Second Talent

Share of new online articles that are AI-generated (%)
2020: 5%5%2020Nov 2023: 39%39%Nov 2023Nov 2024: 50%50%Nov 20242025: 50%50%2025

Surpassed human-written in Nov 2024

Source: Graphite.io

Enterprise spend on generative AI by year ($B)
2023: 1.7$B1.7$B20232024: 11.5$B11.5$B20242025: 37$B37$B2025

Fastest category expansion in enterprise software history

Source: Menlo Ventures

Inference cost for GPT-3.5-level output ($/M tokens)
Nov 22: 2020Nov 222023: 1.51.52023Oct 24: 0.070.07Oct 24

280x cheaper in ~18 months

Source: Stanford HAI AI Index 2025

Where 2025 enterprise AI dollars went ($B)
Infrastructure: 48%Horizontal apps: 23%Departmental apps: 20%Vertical apps: 9%Infrastructure — 48%Horizontal apps — 23%Departmental apps — 20%Vertical apps — 9%

Application layer overtook infrastructure

Source: Menlo Ventures

Where enterprises stand on AI agents (2025) (%)
Piloting: 38%38%PilotingExploring: 30%30%ExploringReady: 14%14%ReadyIn production: 11%11%In production

Most are still piloting or exploring, not in production

Source: Deloitte State of AI

FDA-authorized AI-enabled medical devices (devices/yr)
2014: 6620142020: 656520202024: 1071072024

Annual authorizations; radiology is ~76% of total

Source: Definitive Healthcare / FDA

Global AI startup funding by year ($B)
2023: 24$B24$B20232024: 114$B114$B20242025: 202.3$B202.3$B2025

AI rose from 34% to ~50% of all venture funding

Source: Crunchbase

Largest available LLM context window (K tokens)
2023 GPT-3.5: 442023 GPT-3.52023 Claude 2: 1001002023 Claude 22024 Gemini 1.5: 2,0002,0002024 Gemini 1.52025 Llama 4: 10,00010,0002025 Llama 4

GPT-3.5 4K to Llama 4 10M tokens

Source: Morph LLM

AI adoption in education, 2024 vs 2025 (%)
Teachers 2024: 32%32%Teachers 2024Teachers 2025: 61%61%Teachers 2025Students 2024: 66%66%Students 2024Students 2025: 92%92%Students 2025

Source: Education Excellence

Share of job tasks done with Claude, top occupations (%)
Computer programmers: 75%75%Computer programmersCustomer service reps: 67%67%Customer service repsData entry keyers: 67%67%Data entry keyers

Source: Anthropic Economic Index

All figures link to their original sources. Charts are produced by ToolGlance from publicly reported data and may be reused with attribution and a link to this page. Last updated 2026-05-30.