# Pew study confirms sharp rise of AI-written text on the web since ChatGPT's launch

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/pew-study-shows-ai-written-text-has-surged-across-the-web-since-late-2022/>
> Published: 2026-08-24 18:22:49+00:00

The Pew Research Center analyzed nearly half a million English-language web pages for AI-generated content. More than a third of pages published since ChatGPT's launch show signs of machine-written text, and commercial .com sites are ten times more likely to contain AI content than .edu or .gov domains.

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