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Pew Research Study Finds One-Third of New Webpages Show AI Authorship Post-ChatGPT Launch

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Impact: 70%

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A Pew Research study reveals that over one-third (35%) of webpages published after the launch of ChatGPT exhibit signs of AI authorship. The study utilized the Common Crawl web archive and Open Pangram's technology to analyze nearly half a million English-language webpages. It highlights a significant increase in AI-generated content on the web, particularly on .com domains compared to .edu and .gov domains.

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The study indicates a marked increase in AI authorship of webpages since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.

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Over one-third of webpages published after the release of ChatGPT show signs of being written by AI.

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URLs with a .com domain showed signs of AI authorship at around 10 times the rate of .edu or .gov domains.

Confirmed Fact

In a random sample of 10,000 webpages collected in July 2026, around 10% showed significant signs of AI authorship.

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A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds

TechCrunch·3h ago