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33% -- share of teen users discussing serious personal matters with ai companions for AI companion platforms (2025)
Common Sense Media research found that 33% of teen users have discussed serious personal matters with AI companions instead of real people.
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33%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
North America
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Common Sense Media
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Tier C
https://digitalsafetysquad.com/family_safety/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-ai-friends/ ↗
Source Article
How to Talk to Your Kids About AI Friends and Online Relationships
Last Updated on October 18, 2025 by Nick Francis
Why Children Turn to AI Friends
Before starting conversations about AI relationships, it's essential to understand why these digital connections feel meaningful to children. AI companions succeed because they address genuine emotional needs that are c…
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Cited from Common Sense Media research by a secondary publication (digitalsafetysquad.com)
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IndustryEducation
RegionNorth America
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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AI companion platforms: 33% share of teen users discussing serious personal matters with ai companions. Source: Common Sense Media (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/teens-ai-companions-personal-matters
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/teens-ai-companions-personal-matters" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>33%</strong> -- share of teen users discussing serious personal matters with ai companions for AI companion platforms<br><small>Source: Common Sense Media (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/teens-ai-companions-personal-matters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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