See the occupational pattern
Explore original published shares by country. Compare the same activity across places without mistaking missing observations for zero use.
Compare countries ↗An independent Economic Index research project
Where AI use
meets the world
of work.
What can observed Claude use tell us about occupational activity across countries? Explore the evidence—and the measurement choices that shape it.
The occupation lens · May 2026
Top published activities · share of country conversations
Document Management Specialists5.71%
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists4.84%
Counter and Rental Clerks3.34%
Editors2.69%
Writers and Authors2.46%
O*NET occupation categories describe the activity in a conversation. They do not identify the user's job. How to read these values
250countries & areas in the registry
121with May occupation observations
2monthly occupation snapshots
3lenses: use, mapping, validation
From observation to interpretation
Regional insight begins
with better measurement.
The same global platform can look different through local occupational structures. This project makes those differences—and the assumptions behind them—open to inspection.
Inspect the translation
Follow the links from US O*NET categories to European occupations. See where semantic correspondence ends and allocation assumptions begin.
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Open the data catalogue ↗A constructive research agenda
A more informative
Economic Index.
Publication support, international classification, consistent observation windows and external validation are practical places to improve what researchers can learn.