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CHART 1 • Young adults choose AI for support
There are two interesting things about this chart when you look at it. Firstly, more people across the board are turning to AI for emotional support. This is according to a survey carried out by Mental Health America of 10,503 people. As you can see, there’s been quite a considerable leap from 2025 to 2026.
What’s even more alarming is that this is heavily skewed towards the younger population, with the biggest cohort coming from the under-18s, followed by the 18- to 24-year-olds. According to the survey, people who had used AI for emotional support cited its availability at any hour of the day and the chance to seek help without telling their loved ones and family.
There’s also a warning here. Although teenagers are by far the largest grouping, it’s dangerous to just focus on teenagers alone and miss the young adults who are also reporting their increasing use of AI to support themselves emotionally.
Source: Statista
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