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38 Incredible Chatbot Statistics (2023)

Written by Dylan Max on Mar 3, 2022

Chatbot statistics are more than obscure numbers and percentages from a standalone study. In fact, they are a tangible barometer for understanding the current status of consumer behavior. By learning key chatbot statistics, leaders can make informed decisions on the best ways to invest time and money to benefit their business and contribute to lead generation. This article will highlight the most important statistics every customer service and support leader needs to know in 2023.

It’s the customers’ world, and companies are just living in it. Customers today expect more: this means outcomes, not interactions. That is personalization, not generalization. They want immediate, not delayed. They need an Omnichannel experience, not a single channel method of communication.

Chatbots burst onto the scene in 2009 to little fanfare. According to Google Trends search data, “chatbot statistics” have never been more searched at any other time in the last decade. Moreover, you can see that the curiosity is no flash in the pan. Customer service chatbots are here to stay.

There are now palpable expectations for quick, convenient and effortless customer support. Consequently, a company’s ability to provide this directly correlates to revenue and loyalty. To meet these expectations and compete on customer service, companies are turning to chatbots and conversational AI. These can help offload work from human agents, decrease resolution time and provide omnichannel, real-time support.

Chatbots have been around for quite a few years now. Adoption of AI is now well beyond early adopters, trial and error, or limited pilot programs designed to test drive the technology. Conversational chatbots are being widely adopted to perform knowledge work, and become the new interface for consumer engagement. With all that being said, we wanted to understand the adoption of AI, trends in customer support automation, and the outlook of AI in customer service over the next few years.

We’ve pulled together the most telling chatbot statistics every customer experience leader needs to know in 2023.

Top 38 Chatbot Statistics and Facts (Editor’s Choice)

Chatbot Statistics On Adoption

  1. 1.4 billion people are using chatbots (Chatbot.Net)
  2. 60% of people have engaged with a chatbot in the last 12 months (GetVoip)
  3. By 2022, we’ll be talking to bots more than our own spouses (Deloitte)
  4. 77% of executives have already implemented and 60% plan to implement conversational bots for after-sales and customer service (Accenture)
  5. 53% of service organizations expect to use chatbots within 18 months — a 136% growth rate that foreshadows a big role for the technology in the near future (Salesforce 2)
  6. 56% of businesses that claim chatbots are driving disruption in their industry (Accenture)
  7. Nearly 6 in 10 executives said bots can improve their organization’s ability to handle customer queries by networking with other bots, and that they can deliver personalized attention to website visitors by being more conversational (Accenture)
  8. USA, India, Germany, the UK, and Brazil are the top 5 chatbot using countries. (Chatbots Life)

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There are 7.8 billion people on the planet. That means 18% of the entire population use chatbots according to the first statistic on this list. As chatbot technology evolves, we expect more of the population to use bots for everyday communications with brands. The best live chat software already integrates chatbots into their first response strategy. Adoption of this technology will be seen across the internet, including mobile apps and messaging apps.

Chatbots Statistics About The Customer Experience (CX)

  1. 265 billion customer support requests made every year, costing $1.3 trillion (Chatbots Journal)
  2. 30% of customers will leave a brand and never come back because of a bad experience (OpenText)
  3. Failing to meet customer expectations is two times more destructive than exceeding them (KPMG)
  4. 1 in 5 live chats were ignored and not answered (SuperOffice)
  5. By 2022, banks should be able to automate up to 90% of their customer interaction using chatbots (Lauren Foye of Juniper Research, via Chatbots Magazine)

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Customer service has never been more costly. Companies can no longer afford to tackle support in the same way they have done in the past. Will AI replace customer service agents altogether? That is highly unlikely. As you’ll see in the next section, there are elements of customer service that can only be handled by real people.

Chatbots and Human Agents

  1. 64% of agents with AI are able to spend most of their time solving complex problems (Salesforce 2)
  2. The ability to rationalize the company’s headcount was the least-often cited impact of bots (about one in 10) (Accenture)

AI is more of an enhancer than a replacer for real-time customer service teams. Think about other ways companies strengthen their customer service departments, like with BPOs. AI and virtual assistance are just more pillars that help stabilize an exceptional customer support operation and greatly reduce response time.

Take the retail space for example – companies, like Pier 1, could greatly benefit from a retail chatbot to answer simple questions. Unfortunately for Pier 1, they were the latest case of a major brick and mortar store to file for bankruptcy and letting go of most of their staff. The good news is that Pier 1 is shifting their efforts to a more online presence in the hope of reviving its brand. All this to say, retail customer service is crucial and those that do not adopt AI may be more likely to risk job loss, as the biggest risk for job loss lies in a business’s ability to adapt. 

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Chatbot Statistics About Consumer Preferences

  1. 54% of customers say companies need to transform how they engage with them (Salesforce)
  2. Only 38% of consumers actually want to talk with a human when engaging a brand (Drift)
  3. 77% of customers say chatbots will transform their expectations of companies in the next five years (Salesforce)
  4. 70% of millennials report positive chatbot experiences (Forbes)
  5. The number of consumers that use live chat over phone and email support have increased by 50% since 2012 (Forrester)
  6. More than 64% of Facebook users in Brazil, India, the UK, and the US say they like to send chats to a business over Facebook Messenger because it is the platform businesses are most likely to get back in touch with them (Facebook Business)
  7. Over 50% of customers expect a business to be available 24/7 (VentureBeat)
  8. 69% of consumers prefer to use chatbots for the speed at which they can communicate with a brand (Salesforce)
  9. 40% of shoppers don’t care if they’re helped by an AI tool or a human, as long as their question gets answered (HubSpot)
  10. 27% of consumers weren’t sure if the last customer support interaction they had was with a real person or a chatbot (PwC)
  11. 33% of consumers would use a chatbot to make a reservation at a hotel or restaurant (Drift)
  12. 87 % of users would interact with a travel chatbot if it could save them both time and money. (Humley)

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It turns out customers really do want chatbots in 2023. The above five chatbot stats paint a really telling story that shows AI chat is here to stay. Consumers are frequently looking for better, faster experiences and quick answers. Customer support chatbots are emerging as the go-to technology to satisfy customers at scale.

Bots and Bottom-Line Business

  1. In 2020, organizations report a reduction of up to 70% in call, chat and/or email inquiries after implementing a chatbot or virtual customer assistant (Gartner 2)
  2. Implementing chatbots can help a business to save up to 30% of their customer service cost (Chatbots Journal)
  3. Bots will save businesses $8 billion per year by 2022 (Deloitte)
  4. JP Morgan saved more than 360,000 hours of labor using its COIN chatbot to quickly analyze complex back-end contracts (The Financial Brand)
  5. Over 70% of chatbots accessed will be retail-based by 2023 (Juniper Research)

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When it comes to the bottom line, businesses will save money by deploying bots. Statistics show that bots are a more efficient use of resources that can be allocated elsewhere. Therefore, businesses that choose to incorporate chatbots into their overall CX strategy will grow faster and hire more employees to handle complex tasks. 

Projecting Future Chatbot Usage in Customer Service

  1. The chatbot market size is projected to grow from $2.6 billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion by 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.7% (Business Insider)
  2. By 2023, 30% of customer service organizations will deliver proactive customer services by using AI-enabled process orchestration and continuous intelligence (Gartner)
  3. $13.9B was invested in CX-focused AI and $42.7B in CX-focused Big Data and analytics in 2019, with both expected to grow to $90B in 2022 (OpenText)
  4. Projected value of chatbot eCommerce transactions by 2023 is $112 billion. (Juniper Research)
  5. By 2021, more than 50% of enterprises will spend more per annum on bots and chatbot creation than traditional mobile app development. (Gartner)
  6. 75-90% of percentage of queries is projected to be handled by bots by 2022. (Juniper Research)

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Chatbots seem to have built an unstoppable momentum, especially now that COVID-19 has forever changed our world. Imagine life before credit cards, the internet, and Uber. In the not so distant future, chatbots will be in that same vein. If you liked this article, check out our list of 50 customer service statistics that business leaders should not underestimate.

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