AI Job Worry Index / Psychologists
AI Job Worry Index · Health · Google Trends, November 2020 to October 2026

Will AI replace psychologists?

Search data can't predict that, but it shows how worried people are: psychologists rank #32 of 56 jobs for searches asking whether AI will replace them. Those searches rose 80% in the last 12 months. For every one of them there are about 34 searches for “AI for psychologists”. Searches for “how to become a psychologist” are down 2% since the year before ChatGPT.

Worry rank
#32
of 56 jobs
Worry index
10
programmers = 100
Worried searches, last 12 months
+80%
vs the 12 months before
“AI for” searches per worried search
34
since November 2022
“How to become a psychologist”
−2%
vs the year before ChatGPT

How often people ask whether AI will replace psychologists

Worried searches peaked in March 2026. The grey line is programmers, the job most associated with AI, for scale.

Will AI replace psychologists

Monthly. Programmers' average since November 2022 = 100. Hover or use the arrow keys for values.

Source: Google Trends, worldwide.

Curiosity vs worry

For every search asking whether AI will replace psychologists, there are about 34 searches for “AI for psychologists” or “ChatGPT for psychologists”.

“AI for psychologists” vs “will AI replace psychologists”

Monthly, same scale (programmers' worried searches = 100).

Source: Google Trends, worldwide.

Are fewer people trying to become psychologists?

Searches for “how to become a psychologist” are down 2% on the year before ChatGPT. It's a rough signal of how many people want to get into the job, not of hiring.

“how to become a psychologist”

Monthly average of weekly data, highest week = 100.

Source: Google Trends, worldwide.

What people ask

Top related searches, since November 2020.

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Will AI replace psychologists?

Search data can't predict that, but it shows how worried people are: psychologists rank #32 of 56 jobs for searches asking whether AI will replace them. Those searches rose 80% in the last 12 months. For every one of them there are about 34 searches for “AI for psychologists”. Searches for “how to become a psychologist” are down 2% since the year before ChatGPT. Search interest measures worry, not the actual risk to the job.

When did people worry most about AI replacing psychologists?

Searches asking whether AI will replace psychologists were highest in March 2026 (Google Trends, November 2020 to October 2026).

Are fewer people becoming psychologists?

Searches for “how to become a psychologist” in the last 12 months are −2% compared with November 2021 – October 2022, the year before ChatGPT. That's interest in getting in, not actual hiring or enrolment.

How do psychologists compare with other jobs?

Psychologists rank #32 of 56 jobs in the AI Job Worry Index, with a worry index of 10 where programmers = 100. The full ranking is on the index page.