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Roughly three-quarters have never turned to AI for mental-health support

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Most Americans (74%) say they have never used an AI tool for mental-health or emotional-support purposes, according to a September 2025 Verasight survey.

About one-in-five (22%) have used AI this way: 11% in the past 30 days and 11% earlier than that. The remaining 4% prefer not to say.

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Roughly three-quarters have never turned to AI for mental-health support.

Which best describes you?

  • Never used AI this way 74.4%
  • Used it before, but not in the past 30 days 11.0%
  • Used it in the past 30 days 10.7%
  • Prefer not to say 4.0%

2025 · base n 1,519 · +/- 3.3%

AI Adoption Survey August 2025

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-09-03 → 2025-09-08
Base (unweighted)
1,519
Margin of error
+/- 3.3%
Module
AI Adoption Survey August 2025

Source

Citation

AI Adoption Survey August 2025, fielded September 3-8, 2025, N=1,519 United States adults, +/- 3.3%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
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Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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