87 presentation AI statistics for 2026

How many professionals use AI for presentations, what are the main use cases, which AI tools do professionals use, and what are the main time-savers?

These statistics and more come from data from a survey run by thinkcell in 2026, with full results and analysis available in the report: The state of AI in presentation creation 2026.

Why these numbers matter

AI is disrupting professional work. A Stanford University report found that global corporate investment in AI more than doubled year-over-year in 2025, hitting $581.69 billion. However, for all the enthusiasm around the transformative potential of AI, challenges remain for companies trying to get tangible value out of AI tools.

A 2025 MIT study found that 95% of generative AI pilots are failing. A first step to using AI effectively is getting data that can help distinguish between hype and real-life application. Understanding the state of AI adoption in 2026 means finding out which tasks people are using it for and which problems they are trying to solve.

A 2025 Adobe survey found that 77% of US ChatGPT users are using it as a search engine. That’s AI doing a clear task. In a 2026 Gallup poll, 47% of students said AI was extremely important for understanding complex material. That’s AI solving a clear problem.

Professionals face a wider range of challenges beyond searching and understanding complex material, but a 2026 YouGov survey still found that only 32% of Britons are using AI at work.

Business presentations are fundamentally different from most AI use cases. They require structured thinking, data interpretation, visual communication, storytelling and iterative refinement, not simply generating text.

No one should base AI budget decisions on assumptions. By analyzing real, relevant data on how professionals use AI to support their business presentation creation, decision-makers can better understand the challenges and opportunities AI brings to their organization, inform how AI tools can be used to help their teams build business presentations more efficiently.

The statistics on this page cover three main topics around AI and presentation creation:

• Current state of presentation creation
• AI adoption by professionals for creating presentations
• Outlook of how professionals would like to see AI influence presentation creation

Statistics on current state of presentation creation

1. 80% of professionals use PowerPoint as their primary software for creating presentations.
2. 84% of people working at companies of 100+ employees use PowerPoint as their primary presentation software.
3. 14.7% of professionals use Google Slides as their primary presentation software.
4. 18% of professionals work on presentations daily or multiple times per week.
5. 30% of C-level executives work on presentations multiple times a week.
6. 57% of C-level/executives work on slides at least once a week.
7. 43% of professionals who do any kind of presentation creation edit or iterate on slides at least weekly.
8. 47% of people in financial services, banking and investment work on presentations at least weekly.
9. 24% of professionals in the technology and software industry work on presentations multiple times a week.
10. 34% of those working in government or public sector roles use presentations at least weekly.
11. 62% of professionals work on gathering, analyzing and summarizing data when creating presentations.
12. 59% of executives gather, analyze and summarize data when creating presentations.
13. 50% of professionals work on outlining content and structuring presentations.
14. 54% of those in executive and C-level roles spend time outlining content and structuring presentations.
15. 49% of professionals work on ensuring presentation quality and consistency across slides or templates.
16. 52% of executives and C-suite professionals ensure quality and consistency across slides or templates.
17. 42% of professionals spend their time adjusting, aligning and formatting slides.
18. 46% of professionals say summarizing and simplifying information is one of their biggest presentation challenges.
19. 45% of professionals cite finding, analyzing and incorporating the right data as one of their main presentation challenges.
20. 39% of professionals see structuring a clear and logical storyline as one of the biggest challenges when creating presentations.
21. 49% of those working in strategy cite structuring a clear and logical storyline as a top presentation challenge.
22. 54% of finance professionals see finding, analyzing and incorporating the right data as a main presentation challenge.
23. 49% of executives report summarizing and simplifying information as the main challenge when creating presentations.

Statistics on AI adoption by professionals for creating presentations

1. Worldwide, 80% of professionals use AI tools to create presentations.
2. 87% of power users, i.e., people using PowerPoint multiple times a week, use AI to make presentations.
3. 57% of power users regularly use AI when creating presentations.
4. Only 3% of professionals aren’t interested in using AI to make presentations.
5. 89% of professionals in the US use AI for presentation creation.
6. 84% of people in Germany who work on presentations use AI to do so.
7. In India, 97% of professionals use AI when making presentations.
8. 37% of professionals in Japan do not use AI for presentations.
9. 75% of Japanese professionals who have stopped using AI for presentations cite data accuracy as a major concern.
10. In India, 72% of professionals cite the learning curve of AI tools as their main concern.
11. 87% of professionals in technology and software use AI to make presentations.
12. 86% of financial services, banking and investment professionals use AI for presentation creation.
13. 86% of people in executive and C-level roles use AI when working on presentations.
14. 88% of people in financial analyst or investment banking roles use AI for presentation creation.
15. 44% of professionals use AI to review and refine presentation content.
16. 43% of professionals use AI to gather and analyze data for presentations.
17. 39% of professionals use AI to create executive summaries or key takeaways for presentations.
18. 34% of professionals use AI to create or edit charts for presentations.
19. 33% of professionals use AI for formatting and designing slides.
20. 28% of professionals use AI to translate presentations into other languages.
21. 27% of professionals use AI to create entire presentations from scratch.
22. 23% of professionals are satisfied with AI when creating entire presentations.
23. 39% of professionals are satisfied with AI tools for reviewing and refining presentation content.
24. Only 29% of professionals are satisfied with AI when creating or editing charts for presentations.
25. 30% of professionals who regularly use AI are very satisfied with AI tools for reviewing and refining presentation content.
26. Only 11% of professionals who don’t regularly use AI are very satisfied with how AI reviews and refines content for presentations.
27. 31% of those who regularly use AI for presentations are very satisfied with AI tools’ performance for gathering and analyzing data.
28. 11% of professionals not regularly using AI for presentations are very satisfied with AI tools that gather and analyze data
29. 31% of those who regularly use AI to create presentations are very satisfied with AI-generated executive summaries.
30. 9% of non-regular AI users are very satisfied with AI for creating executive summaries for presentations.
31. 28% of regular AI users report high satisfaction across all presentation tasks – a rate over three times higher than for other users.
32. 20% of professionals save the most time using AI for gathering and analyzing presentation data.
33. 14% of professionals using AI for presentations save the most time by creating executive summaries and key takeaways.
34. 14% of professionals cite reviewing and refining content as the biggest timesaver when using AI to make presentations.
35. 47% of professionals are concerned by data privacy and security of presentation AI tools.
36. 46% of professionals making presentations are concerned by the accuracy of AI-generated content.
37. 36% of professionals are concerned that presentation AI outputs may be too generic or not tailored to their needs.
38. 32% of professionals raise the concern that AI may be reducing their own skills.
39. 8% of professionals are concerned that presentation AI tools are too slow.
40. 67% of people working with AI on presentations use ChatGPT.
41. 48% of professionals using AI for presentations use Microsoft Copilot.
42. 45% of those who use AI tools for presentation creation use Google AI/Gemini.
43. 9% of professionals use in-house AI tools or plug-ins to support their presentation creation.
44. 37% of professionals only use one AI tool when creating presentations.
45. 28% of professionals use two presentation AI tools.
46. 41% of people who only use one AI tool for presentations work with ChatGPT.
47. 32% of professionals who only use one presentation AI tool use Microsoft Copilot.
48. 45% of people who only use Microsoft Copilot for presentations use it for reviewing and refining content.
49. 36% of professionals who only use ChatGPT for AI presentation support use it for gathering and analyzing data.
50. People who use two or more AI tools for presentations are more than twice as likely to report high satisfaction.
51. Only 10% of people who only use one AI tool for presentations are very satisfied with it.

Statistics on the future of AI in business presentation creation

1. 19% of professionals who have stopped using AI for presentations cite creating charts as the top unmet capability.
2. 15% of professionals say writing clear text and summaries or takeaways for presentations is where they would most value AI support.
3. 13% of finance and consulting professionals would most value presentation AI support with creating charts.
4. Fewer than 10% of finance and consulting professionals would most value AI support in creating entire presentations from scratch.
5. 48% of professionals would be more likely to adopt presentation AI tools if they provided better, more relevant outputs.
6. 45% of professionals would be more likely to use AI for presentation creation if they had strong data security and privacy guarantees.
7. 40% of professionals would be more likely to work with presentation AI tools if they were easier to learn and use.
8. Only 29% of professionals cite lower cost or better pricing models as a factor that would make them more likely to adopt presentation AI tools.
9. 50% of professionals not currently using AI for presentations would be more likely to if it were easier to learn and use.
10. 77% of professionals expect their use of AI in presentation creation to increase in the next 12 months.
11. Only 1.4% of professionals expect to use less AI for presentation creation in the next 12 months.
12. 59% of professionals already frequently using AI for presentations expect to significantly increase their usage in the next 12 months.
13. 90% of regular AI users expect some kind of increase in their usage of AI for presentations in the next 12 months.

Methodology

The statistics on this page are all based on the same global study, meaning they have the same underlying population and methodology, and provide a valuable baseline for comparison.

Study scope:

• Population: 1,214 people who create presentations in a professional environment
• Geographies: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, UAE, United Kingdom, United States, 12 countries in total
• Data collection timeframe: April/May 2026

How to cite this page

Unless otherwise stated, the figures on this page come from thinkcell’s report: The state of AI in business presentation creation 2026.

APA (7th edition)

thinkcell. (2026). The state of AI in business presentation creation 2026.

Chicago (17th edition)

thinkcell. 2026. “The State of AI in Business Presentation Creation 2026.” June, 2026.