I have no idea on the data, but anecdotally I'd dispute this. Regular folks in my life (i.e. non-techies) routinely talk to an LLM and use it to answer questions that 5 years ago they'd have searched for.
The techies are the ones who are steering clear and sticking with search engines in my experience.
The techies are the ones who are steering clear and sticking with search engines in my experience.