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80% -- share of customer inquiries handled by chatbots for chatbots (2025)
Chatbots can handle up to 80% of typical customer inquiries according to an IBM report.
- up to 80%
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80%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
IBM
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How Sally AI Reduces Customer Support Expenses
Did you know that customer service accounts for up to 20% of a company’s total operational expenses? And with customer expectations for instant, 24/7 support higher than ever, many businesses are struggling to keep up, not just with demand, but with the soaring costs of maintaining a human-only supp…
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IndustryFinTech
Company SizeEnterprise
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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chatbots: 80% share of customer inquiries handled by chatbots. Source: IBM (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatbots-handle-customer-inquiries-ibm
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatbots-handle-customer-inquiries-ibm" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>80%</strong> -- share of customer inquiries handled by chatbots for chatbots<br><small>Source: IBM (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatbots-handle-customer-inquiries-ibm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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