Have client expectations accelerated since AI?
67%
67% of professionals report that client expectations have quietly accelerated.
n = 1,732 professionals at US service firms · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Client expectations have accelerated67%
Feel rising pressure to respond faster59%
Slow responses now stand out more71%
0%50%100%
Multiple responses possible; figures do not sum to 100.
What it means
Nobody announced the new standard. It arrived through comparison.
Methodology
- Sample
- 1,732
- Population
- professionals at US service firms
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- AI's quiet takeover of professional services
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Have client expectations accelerated since AI?" Survey of 1,732 professionals at US service firms, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/have-client-expectations-accelerated
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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