Danielle Fong @DanielleFong
— quoting @rchase
Danielle Fong [sun icon] ✔ @DanielleFong · 2h
some of this is double counting multiple subs even
[Quoted tweet:]
Reilly Chase ✔ @rchase · 6h
I still think about this a lot
[Embedded chart:]
Each dot is ~3.2 million people
2,500 dots = 8.1 billion humans. Color = most advanced AI interaction, Feb 2026.
[Grid of 2,500 small squares, colored:]
Legend: gray = Never used AI · ~6.8B (84%); green = Free chatbot user · ~1.3B (16%); yellow = Pays $20/mo for AI · ~15-25M (~0.3%); red = Uses coding scaffold · ~2-5M (~0.04%)
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A "waffle chart" style visualization (dot-grid / unit chart) depicting global AI usage stratification by tier, quote-tweeted with a fact-check comment about double-counting across subscriptions.