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What he talks about, year by year

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AI topics are about 1 in 3 of his answers in 2025–26 (31% and 34%). Share of recorded answers per year (%) for the 8 largest topics. AI = AI risk, AI compute & energy, Grok/xAI, economy after AI.

What he talks about, year by year: AI topics are about 1 in 3 of his answers in 2025–26 (31% and 34%)
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Mars2013: 18, 2014: 19, 2015: 18, 2016: 16, 2017: 17, 2018: 18, 2019: 28, 2020: 29, 2021: 44, 2022: 20, 2023: 83, 2024: 186, 2025: 147, 2026: 86
Self-driving & robots2013: 4, 2014: 6, 2015: 8, 2016: 9, 2017: 13, 2018: 45, 2019: 22, 2020: 54, 2021: 33, 2022: 32, 2023: 104, 2024: 129, 2025: 173, 2026: 83
AI risk2013: 0, 2014: 6, 2015: 4, 2016: 5, 2017: 16, 2018: 5, 2019: 7, 2020: 7, 2021: 4, 2022: 7, 2023: 84, 2024: 63, 2025: 161, 2026: 60
Politics & DOGE2013: 0, 2014: 5, 2015: 0, 2016: 0, 2017: 3, 2018: 5, 2019: 0, 2020: 6, 2021: 0, 2022: 3, 2023: 43, 2024: 122, 2025: 156, 2026: 41
Work & companies2013: 13, 2014: 10, 2015: 17, 2016: 9, 2017: 10, 2018: 52, 2019: 22, 2020: 41, 2021: 15, 2022: 9, 2023: 57, 2024: 21, 2025: 45, 2026: 27
AI compute & energy2013: 10, 2014: 6, 2015: 18, 2016: 11, 2017: 14, 2018: 5, 2019: 3, 2020: 17, 2021: 5, 2022: 4, 2023: 33, 2024: 50, 2025: 84, 2026: 58
X & free speech2013: 0, 2014: 0, 2015: 0, 2016: 0, 2017: 0, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 0, 2021: 1, 2022: 70, 2023: 90, 2024: 43, 2025: 42, 2026: 11
Economy after AI2013: 0, 2014: 0, 2015: 0, 2016: 0, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 0, 2021: 9, 2022: 2, 2023: 15, 2024: 13, 2025: 35, 2026: 22

Source: ElonsFAQ dataset (faq.json), interviews and X posts to Oct 2026. Answers are counted per FAQ entry with a source link and timestamp.

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