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AI-Generated Content Statistics 2026
AI-generated output surged again in 2025–26 — but at very different speeds across text, code, images, audio and video. Every figure is linked to its primary source, dated, and rated for confidence.
Key takeaways
- Code — fastest sustained climb. AI now writes 75% of new code at Google, up from 30%. (Alphabet earnings)
- Audio — fastest surge. Over 50% of tracks uploaded to Deezer daily are fully AI (up from 18%) — though most is upload-side spam. (Deezer)
- Images — industrial scale. Adobe Firefly has produced 24 billion+ images; nearly half of Adobe Stock is now AI. (Adobe / PetaPixel)
- Text plateaued, video fragile. AI-written web articles crossed ~50% then flattened; OpenAI discontinued Sora on unsustainable economics. (Graphite / OpenAI)
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AI-generated text
AI-written articles first surpassed human-written ones on the open web in November 2024, reaching 51.7% of sampled articles by May 2025 (from 2.2% in January 2020) — but the share has been roughly flat near parity since mid-2024, an important nuance against “AI will swallow the web” narratives (Graphite, detector study of ~65,000 URLs). Other detectors measuring different samples diverge: Ahrefs found 74.2% of new pages contain some AI content (Apr 2025), while Originality.ai found only ~17% of top-20 Google results are AI (Sep 2025). Consumer demand is the engine: writing is the #1 work use of ChatGPT, and non-work usage rose from 53% to 73% of messages in a year (OpenAI / NBER).
| Metric | Prior | Current | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI share of new web articles | crossover Nov 2024 | 51.7% (May 2025) | Graphite |
| New pages with any AI content | — | 74.2% (Apr 2025) | Ahrefs |
| AI in top-20 Google results | — | ~17% (Sep 2025) | Originality.ai |
| ChatGPT non-work message share | 53% (2024) | 73% (Jun 2025) | OpenAI/NBER |
AI-generated code
Code is the steepest, most consistent climb. Google’s share of AI-generated new code went from “more than a quarter” (Q3 2024 earnings) to “well over 30%” (Q1 2025 earnings) (Alphabet 8-K), and CEO Sundar Pichai put it at 75% by April 2026 (Google Cloud Next 2026). Microsoft’s Satya Nadella put AI-written code in Microsoft repos at 20–30% (Apr 2025). GitHub Copilot grew from 15M to 20M+ users in one quarter. The counter-trend: developer trust fell even as adoption rose — distrust of AI accuracy went from 31% to 46% (Stack Overflow 2025).
| Metric | Prior | Current | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google: AI share of new code | >30% (Apr 2025) | ~75% (Apr 2026) | Pichai / Google |
| Microsoft: AI-written code in repos | — | 20–30% (Apr 2025) | Nadella |
| GitHub Copilot users | 15M (Apr 2025) | 20M+ (Jul 2025) | MS earnings |
| Developers using/planning AI tools | 76% (2024) | 84% (2025) | Stack Overflow |
| Developers distrusting AI accuracy | 31% (2024) | 46% (2025) | Stack Overflow |
| SWE-bench solve rate | 4.4% (2023) | 71.7% (2024) | Stanford HAI |
AI-generated images
The cleanest primary-sourced image series is Adobe Firefly: from 1 billion generations within three months of its March 2023 launch, to 13 billion by October 2024, to 24 billion+ by June 2025 — growth running well over a billion new generations a month (Adobe Newsroom). The most striking measured share comes from stock libraries: an independent count found Adobe Stock went from 2.5% AI-generated (May 2023) to 47.85% (April 2025) — roughly a 40× rise in two years (Kneschke count via PetaPixel). Everypixel’s landmark industry figure was 15 billion+ AI images by mid-2023 (Everypixel). Firefly cumulative generations climbed from 1B (Jun 2023) to 13B (Oct 2024) to 24B+ (Jun 2025).
| Metric | Prior | Current | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly cumulative generations | 13B (Oct 2024) | 24B+ (Jun 2025) | Adobe |
| Adobe Stock library that is AI | 2.5% (May 2023) | 47.85% (Apr 2025) | Kneschke count |
| AI share of election images on X | — | ~12% (Jul–Sep 2024) | arXiv study |
| Cumulative AI images (industry) | 15B+ (mid-2023) | not reliably updated | Everypixel |
AI-generated audio & music
Audio shows the most aggressive trajectory of all. Deezer’s share of fully AI-generated daily uploads rose from ~10% (Jan 2025) to 18% (Apr 2025) to 28% (Sep 2025) to 44% (Apr 2026) to over 50% (Jun 2026) — with daily volume climbing from ~10,000 to ~90,000 tracks (Deezer / TechCrunch). Crucially, AI tracks are only 1–3% of actual streams and ~85% are flagged fraudulent and demonetized — i.e., this is upload-side spam, not listener demand. Capital is pouring in regardless: Suno went from a $2.45B to a $5.4B valuation in ~7 months; ElevenLabs from $3.3B to $11B (and $330M+ ARR) in ~13 months.
| Metric | Prior | Current | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deezer: fully-AI share of daily uploads | 44% (Apr 2026) | >50% (Jun 2026) | Deezer |
| Deezer: AI tracks uploaded/day | ~75,000 (Apr 2026) | ~90,000 (Jun 2026) | Deezer |
| AI share of actual streams | — | 1–3% | Deezer |
| Suno valuation | $2.45B (Nov 2025) | $5.4B (Jun 2026) | Billboard/MBW |
| ElevenLabs valuation / ARR | $3.3B (Jan 2025) | $11B / $330M+ ARR | TechCrunch/CNBC |
AI-generated video
Video is the newest frontier — and the first to show a major reversal. OpenAI’s Sora 2 app launched Sept 30 2025 and crossed 1 million downloads in under five days (faster than ChatGPT), then OpenAI discontinued Sora in April 2026 on “completely unsustainable” per-day compute economics. The durable traction sits in the embedded-in-suite and enterprise model: Google Veo / Flow reported hundreds of millions of generated videos within months, and Runway raised to a $5.3B valuation (Feb 2026). Marketer adoption roughly doubled off a low base — Wyzowl reports AI-video use rising from ~1-in-3 (2024) to 51% (2025) to 63% (2026), though those survey figures could not be confirmed to the primary report.
| Metric | Prior | Current | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Sora | Sora (Dec 2024) | Sora 2 (Sep 2025) → discontinued Apr 2026 | OpenAI |
| Sora app downloads | — | 1M in <5 days (Oct 2025) | CNBC/Appfigures |
| Runway valuation | ~$3B (Apr 2025) | $5.3B (Feb 2026) | TechCrunch |
| Marketers using AI video | 51% (2025) | 63% (2026) | Wyzowl |
Frequently asked
How much content is AI-generated in 2026?
It varies sharply by type. AI writes 75% of new code at Google, accounts for over 50% of daily music uploads on Deezer, and roughly half of new web articles (a detector estimate). Adobe Firefly alone has generated 24 billion+ images, and nearly half of Adobe Stock’s library is now AI-generated.
Which type of AI content is growing fastest?
By share growth, AI-generated music uploads grew fastest — Deezer’s fully-AI share nearly tripled year-over-year (18% to over 50%). AI code is the fastest sustained enterprise climb. AI text, by contrast, has plateaued near 50% of new web articles.
Are these “% AI-generated” numbers reliable?
Treat them as estimates. Text and music shares come from AI detectors with documented error rates, and different vendors disagree (Graphite ~52% of articles vs Originality.ai ~17% of top Google results). Company figures (Google, Adobe, Deezer) are self-reported internal metrics.
Cite this page
Report AI (2026). AI-Generated Content Statistics 2026. Retrieved July 2026, from report-ai.org/indexes/enterprise-ai/ai-generated-content-statistics-2026/
Related: Generative AI Statistics 2026 · How People Use AI in 2026 · Enterprise AI Statistics 2026 · Compare year over year · Generative AI
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- Key takeaways
- AI-generated text
- AI-generated code
- AI-generated images
- AI audio & music
- AI-generated video
- Frequently asked
- Cite this page
Primary sources
- Alphabet / Microsoft — earnings 2024–25
- Adobe / PetaPixel — Firefly & Stock
- Deezer / Graphite — uploads & web text
~90K
Fully-AI tracks uploaded to Deezer every day in Jun 2026 — up from ~20,000 a year earlier.
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