Teens and parents give different answers about teens’ AI use
US, autumn 2025: 64% of teens aged 13–17 report using chatbots. Among parents, 51% say their teen uses them.
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US, autumn 2025: 64% of teens aged 13–17 report using chatbots. Among parents, 51% say their teen uses them.
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- Teens about themselves % of all US teens aged 13–17
2025: 64
- Parents about their teen % of all parents of teens aged 13–17
2025: 51
Published estimates from one source are compared. Overlapping groups are not added as separate people; association is not causation.
Pew: 1,458 US teens aged 13–17 living with parents, and their parents, surveyed September 25–October 9, 2025; published February 24, 2026. Percentages of all teens or all parents as labelled. Overall margin of error ±3.3pp for each sample, not the margin for a difference. Self-reports and opinions; purposes overlap. The difference is not the share of families where a teen hides use; that requires paired responses.
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