B
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52%
52% -- share of ai generated content for English-language online articles (2025)
52% of English-language content published online crossed the AI-generated threshold in 2025.
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Value
52%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
65,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Graphite
Primary
Tier C
https://rankenstein.pro/blog/how-to-avoid-ai-slop-2026 ↗
Source Article
How to Avoid AI Slop in 2026: A 7-Step SEO Checklist
TL;DR: AI-assisted content is not the problem. Low-effort content is. Avoid AI slop by starting with real experience, adding named sources, checking the draft against search intent, and running a human review before publishing.
Over half of all new online articles are now AI-generated. That's not a …
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English-language online articles: 52% share of ai generated content. Source: Graphite (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-generated-english-content-share-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-generated-english-content-share-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>52%</strong> -- share of ai generated content for English-language online articles<br><small>Source: Graphite (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-generated-english-content-share-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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