Google Trends data on "will AI replace [job]" searches for 56 jobs

Worldwide searches for "will AI replace" in 2026 run at 2.5 times their 2023 level and peaked in the week of 8 March 2026, with worried searches rising over the last 12 months for 30 of the 31 jobs with enough data to compare, all except programmers. Searches asking whether AI will replace programmers peaked in March 2024, the month Devin was announced, and are down 12% on a year ago, while "how to become a programmer" fell 51% versus the year before ChatGPT and trades such as electricians (+67%) and plumbers (+74%) rose. Searches for "AI proof jobs" in 2026 average 25.5 times their 2023 level, and "learn AI" has out-searched "learn to code" in most months since July 2023.