Last time you needed to look something up, where did you go first?
AI assistant45.2%
Search engine, then AI as well20.5%
A search engine16.9%
Social media or video17.5%
45.2% answered "AI assistant".
How many people ask AI instead of Googling in India?
Statistics from 166 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "Last time you needed to look something up, where did you go first?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "AI assistant", chosen by 45.2% of 166 people in India.
Where everyone lands
Low15.1%
Medium38%
High47%
47% of 166 people in India scored high on the Sarahah AI in search quiz.
Question by question
When you need to look something up, how often do you start with AI?
Always30.7%
Usually28.3%
Sometimes25.9%
Rarely11.4%
Never3.6%
30.7% answered "Always".
How far has AI gone in replacing search for you?
Almost everything, including news and shopping35.5%
Explanations and how to questions32.5%
Writing and summarising only18.7%
Not at all13.3%
35.5% answered "Almost everything, including news and shopping".
When did you last click a website from search results?
I cannot remember30.7%
More than a week ago13.9%
A few days ago20.5%
Today or yesterday34.9%
34.9% answered "Today or yesterday".
Has your search engine use changed in the last year?
Down30.1%
About the same47%
Up22.9%
47% answered "About the same".
When AI gives you an answer, what do you do next?
Take it and move on31.9%
Read the sources it lists30.1%
Open at least one source17.5%
Search separately to check20.5%
31.9% answered "Take it and move on".
What do you still use a search engine for?
Local places and opening hours32.5%
Shopping and prices24.1%
News13.3%
Official or government information25.3%
I no longer use a search engine4.8%
32.5% answered "Local places and opening hours".
Has AI ever given you an answer that turned out to be wrong?
Yes, and I acted on it34.9%
Yes, but I caught it in time30.7%
Yes, but it did not matter18.1%
Not that I know of16.3%
34.9% answered "Yes, and I acted on it".
* Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population. Each question counts only the people who answered it, so a question some people skipped rests on a smaller group than the total above.
Statistics by country
Only countries with at least 50 eligible answers of their own appear here.