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FACT CHECK #9TGVVSKY

07/02/26 · 7:02 PM UTC · 12 SOURCES

“90% of online content is now AI-generated”
MOSTLY FALSE ✕

LEANS FALSE · HIGH CONFIDENCE

TL;DR ·The 90% figure is a 2022 prediction, but 2025 data shows actual levels are around 57%.

WHAT WE FOUND

The claim that 90% of online content is currently AI-generated is mostly false. This specific figure originates from a 2022 Europol report which estimated that 90% of online content might be synthetically generated by 2026 . However, empirical data from 2025 indicates the actual percentage is significantly lower than this projection. A study by Amazon Web Services (via Forbes) found that approximately 57% of all internet content was AI-generated , while other reports estimated the figure at over 50% . While the volume of AI content is rapidly increasing—with 74.2% of newly created web pages in April 2025 containing AI-generated elements —high-credibility analysis from late 2025 confirms that AI-written pages have not yet overwhelmed human-authored content . The 90% statistic remains a widely cited prediction or estimate rather than a documented current reality .

SOURCES

  1. 1 · tandfonline.comFACT-CHECKER
    Full article: “Is This Fake News?” Examining the Antecedents of Generative AI Chatbot Use for Fact-Checking of News Online

    TIER A

  2. 2 · axios.comACADEMIC
    AI-written web pages haven't overwhelmed human-authored content, study finds

    TIER A

  3. 3 · originality.aiACADEMIC
    Amount of AI Content in Google Search Results - Ongoing Study

    TIER A

  4. 4 · thelivinglib.orgWEB
    Experts: 90% of Online Content Will Be AI-Generated by 2026 – The Living Library

    TIER B

  5. 5 · mynewitguys.comWEB
    What Percentage of Online Content Is AI Generated in 2026?

    TIER B

  6. 6 · futurism.comWEB
    Experts: 90% of Online Content Will Be AI-Generated by 2026

    TIER B

  7. 7 · visualcapitalist.comWEB
    Visualized: Content Created by Humans vs. AI

    TIER B

  8. 8 · stanventures.comWEB
    74% of New Web Pages Now Contain AI-Generated Content — Is the Internet Quietly Becoming AI-Written?

    TIER B

  9. 9 · pcmag.comWEB
    Slop Central: More Than 50% of Articles Online Are Now AI-Generated | PCMag

    TIER B

  10. 10 · bluewing.vcWEB
    AI-Generated Content is Taking Over the Internet - BlueWing Ventures

    TIER B

  11. 11 · salvadorvilalta.comWEB
    2030: The year when almost all content on the Internet will be created by AI - Salvador Vilalta

    TIER B

  12. 12 · oodaloop.comWEB
    By 2026, Online Content Generated by Non-humans Will Vastly Outnumber Human Generated Content — OODAloop

    TIER B

VERDICT TOTALMOSTLY FALSE ✕
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