AI Companionship & Human Connection 2025 (Dataset)
A de-identified open dataset (n=501) capturing how adults relate to AI as a companion, how AI interaction shapes feelings of connection, and how people perceive the emotional and social role of AI tools in daily life across six English-speaking countries.
Measures include AI companionship use and attitudes, perceived connection and comfort in AI interaction, emotional support perceptions, social substitution or reinforcement effects, boundaries and concerns around AI companionship, and demographic variables across six English-speaking countries.
Part of the Human Clarity Institute’s AI–Human Experience Data Series.
Framework
HRL domain(s): Values & Meaning
Registry Construct Alignment: Identity stability
Listed constructs reflect longitudinal, registry-mapped item alignment and do not represent the full thematic scope of this dataset.
DOI and Repository Links
This dataset is archived in GitHub, Zenodo, and Figshare for long-term preservation.
Citation
APA
Human Clarity Institute. (2025). AI Companionship & Human Connection 2025 (Dataset). Human Clarity Institute. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18025716
BibTeX
@dataset{hci_ai_companionship_human_connection_2025,
author = {Human Clarity Institute},
title = {AI Companionship \& Human Connection 2025 (Dataset)},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.18025716},
url = {https://humanclarityinstitute.com/datasets/ai-companionship-human-connection-2025/},
license = {CC-BY-4.0}
}
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
You are free to share, adapt, and build upon this dataset for any purpose, including commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the Human Clarity Institute.
Full licence text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/