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title: "Study: UK consumer AI spending passes £1B annually, with 5.1% of adults paying for subscriptions as of July 2026; Claude is rapidly catching up to ChatGPT (Bloomberg)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/study-uk-consumer-ai-spending-passes-1b-annually-with-5-1-of-adults-9fca7205
published: 2026-11-05T11:40:08.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Study: UK consumer AI spending passes £1B annually, with 5.1% of adults paying for subscriptions as of July 2026; Claude is rapidly catching up to ChatGPT (Bloomberg)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/study-uk-consumer-ai-spending-passes-1b-annually-with-5-1-of-adults-9fca7205

Bloomberg : Study: UK consumer AI spending passes £1B annually, with 5.1% of adults paying for subscriptions as of July 2026; Claude is rapidly catching up to ChatGPT — UK consumers are spending over £1 billion ($1.4 billion) a year on artificial intelligence subscriptions …

In this story: [Claude](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/claude), [ChatGPT](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/chatgpt), [Bloomberg](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/bloomberg)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p18#a261105p18)

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