From students to data scientists to editors, we’re all obsessed with artificial intelligence (AI) – especially generative AI (genAI) and natural language processing tool GhatGPT in particular. According to genAI customer support compamy DevRev, ChatGPT is the most-searched-for AI term in the U.S. with an average monthly search volume of more than seven million.

While the country is obsessed with genAI, some people – and places --  are more obsessed with it than others.

DevRev analyzed regional average monthly searches for AI-related search terms in the last 12 months to identify what it calls the “the top 10 most AI-obsessed states in America.”

1. California searches for AI-related terms more than any other state. The average monthly search volume is 6,430 per 100,000 people over the last 12 months. ChatGPT is the most popular term in the state, with 1,167,799 average monthly searches across the state’s population.
2. Washington boasts an average of 6,077 monthly searches per 100,000 people for AI-related terms. After ChatGPT, the neural language model chatbot Character AI is the second most popular search term, with 106,075 average monthly searches.
3. New York averages 5,890 monthly searches for AI-related terms per 100,000. Behind ChatGPT and Character AI, the research company Open AI is the third most popular term with 109,433 average monthly searches across the state’s entire population.
4. Utah has an 5,844 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. Image-creation program Midjourney was the subject of 6,858 searches per month, making it the fourth most popular term across the state’s population behind ChatGPT, Character AI, and Open AI.
5. Massachusetts comes in fifth place with 5,632 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. After ChatGPT, Character AI, Open AI and Midjourney, the fifth most popular term in the Bay State, Google Bard has 9,858 average monthly searches across the state’s entire population.

Rounding out the Top 10 are Oregon (5,463 average monthly searches for AI-related terms per 100,000 people). Nevada is in seventh place (5,404 average monthly searches per 100,000 people), followed by Colorado (5,237 average monthly searches per 100,000 people), Virginia is in ninth place (5,217 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. Florida rounds out the top 10 most AI-obsessed states with 5,147 average monthly searches per 100,000 people.

[caption id="attachment_135470" align="alignnone" width="512"] Source: DevRev based on data from Google and TripleTen.[/caption]