B
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57%
57% -- ai usage rate for communications professionals (2026)
57% of communications professionals use generative AI to craft press releases, according to a PR Newswire global report.
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57%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
67
Source
PR Newswire
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Tier A
https://content.fans/news/ai-visibility-global-reach-drive-2026-press-release-ranking ↗
Source Article
AI Visibility, Global Reach Drive 2026 Press Release Ranking
AI Visibility, Global Reach Drive 2026 Press Release Ranking
Serge Bulaev
AI is changing how press releases are shared around the world, making them easier to find in search engines and smart chatbots. More than half of PR professionals now use AI to write releases faster and with better keywords. T…
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PR Newswire
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PR Newswire global report
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Channelcommon_crawl
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communications professionals: 57% ai usage rate. Source: PR Newswire (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/communications-professionals-using-ai-2026
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