AI has changed student work faster than any technology before it. Using 4,862 anonymised orders from January 2024 to June 2026, this report measures how AI-related demand — humanising, editing and detection — has grown and where it concentrates.
Key findings at a glance
- 912 orders (18.8%) involved AI humanising, editing or detection services.
- Monthly AI-related demand grew from 6% (Jan 2024) to 24% (Jun 2026).
- Average month-on-month growth: 3.7%.
- 16% of all orders request a plagiarism or AI-detection report.
- Highest AI-related demand: Business, Nursing, Computer Science, Education, Psychology.
Methodology
Based on 4,862 anonymised orders placed between January 2024 and June 2026. “AI-related” covers orders requesting AI humanising, AI editing, or AI-detection/assessment services. Figures are rounded; percentages may not sum to exactly 100%.
AI-related demand: nearly 1 in 5 orders
Almost a fifth of all orders — 912 in total — now involve some form of AI-related service, whether making AI-assisted drafts read naturally, editing them, or checking work against AI detectors.
The growth curve is steep
The trend is unmistakable: AI-related demand has quadrupled in 30 months, climbing steadily at 3.7% month on month.
What students are asking for
Demand splits across three needs — reassurance that work reads as human, formal proof via reports, and pre-submission checks.
Where AI demand concentrates
AI-related requests are highest in the largest, most written-assessment-heavy fields: Business & Management, Nursing, Computer Science, Education and Psychology — the same subjects that lead overall demand.
What is driving the growth
Three forces sit behind the steep curve. First, AI writing tools became mainstream over exactly this period, so more students arrive with AI-assisted drafts that need refining into their own voice. Second, universities responded by deploying AI detectors, which created a new anxiety — and a new demand for reassurance and reports. Third, the policies themselves are still in flux, leaving students uncertain about what is permitted and seeking guidance. The result is a market that barely existed in early 2024 and now touches nearly one order in five.
What this means
The numbers confirm what every university is grappling with: AI is now woven into how students produce work, and the anxiety around detection is real — one in six orders asks for a plagiarism or AI report. The responsible path is transparency and originality: using AI to assist thinking, not to replace it, and ensuring final work is genuinely the student’s own. Expect AI-related demand to keep climbing as detection tools and institutional policies evolve.
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