{"id":1804,"slug":"pew-58-percent-adults-saw-ai-summary-march-2025","title":"Pew Research Center — 58% of US adults studied conducted at least one Google search in March 2025 that produced an AI-generated summary","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["measurement","ai-overview-prevalence"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** *\"About six-in-ten respondents (58%) conducted at least one Google search in March 2025 that produced an AI-generated summary.\"*\n\n**Source:** Pew Research Center, https://pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/ — Jul 22, 2025.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** The \"people-exposed\" companion figure to the 18%-of-searches number ([[pew-18-percent-google-searches-ai-summary-march-2025]]). Use the pair: 18% of searches, 58% of users — together they say AI summaries are routine, not edge-case.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"pew-18-percent-google-searches-ai-summary-march-2025","title":"Pew Research Center — 18% of Google searches in March 2025 produced an AI summary (68,879 searches across 900 US adults; independent anchor)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-website-as-working-surface-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the website as a working surface of the business — four capabilities, AI-citation decoupling, freshness as a real signal (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:17.642Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:17.642Z"}