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  "id": "pew-teens-chatgpt-schoolwork-26-percent",
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  "claim": "26% of U.S. teens have used ChatGPT for schoolwork, up from 13% in 2023 (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many students use ChatGPT for homework?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "About a quarter of U.S. teens have used ChatGPT for schoolwork – double the share in 2023 (Jan. 15, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "The share of teens who say they use ChatGPT for their schoolwork has risen to 26%, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17. That's up from 13% in 2023.",
  "method": "Pew Research Center survey of 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17, Sept. 18–Oct. 10, 2024, conducted through Ipsos.",
  "drift": [
    "None — U.S. teens 13–17; ChatGPT only, not all AI tools"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "A Pew survey published in January 2025 found 26% of U.S. teens ages 13–17 had used ChatGPT for schoolwork, double the 13% in 2023.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — Teens and ChatGPT for schoolwork (2025)",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/15/about-a-quarter-of-us-teens-have-used-chatgpt-for-schoolwork-double-the-share-in-2023/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey Sept. 18–Oct. 10, 2024; published Jan. 15, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}