I want to share something that really changed how I think about what I'm building.
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Last week, I saw a data visualization. It was just a grid of 2,500 small colored squares. But it completely caught my attention.
Each dot represents 3.2 million people. All 8.1 billion of us are right there on one screen.
The color of each dot shows the most advanced AI interaction that person has ever had, as of February 2026.
Here is what the data says:
| Category | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Never used AI, ever | ~6.8 Billion | 84% |
| Used a free chatbot once | ~1.3 Billion | 16% |
| Pays $20/month for AI | ~15–25 Million | ~0.3% |
| Uses AI coding tools | ~2–5 Million | ~0.04% |
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Look at all that grey.
6.8 billion people have never touched AI. Not once, not in any form.
The green strip at the bottom? Those are the 1.3 billion who have tried a free chatbot, maybe once or twice.
The tiny yellow sliver represents the people who actually pay for it.
And that single red dot you can barely see? That is the entire global population of developers using AI coding tools. The people we talk about every day on Twitter and in dev communities. All of them fit into one dot.
Why This Hit Me So Hard
I spend most of my time building HivePostify.cloud. I read every dev thread, every new model release, and every "I automated my entire workflow in a weekend" post.
I convinced myself the world had moved on without me.
Then I showed a simple AI tool to a friend from my hometown. He looked at me like I had just handed him something from the future.
He had no idea any of this existed.
That is most people. That is most of the world.
82% of businesses are still not using AI for anything. Only 4% have what you could call a mature AI setup. 78% of executives say it is moving too fast for their teams to keep up.
We are not late. We are incredibly, almost laughably, early.
What This Means for HivePostify
This data did not just change how I think about AI. It changed how I think about what we are building here on Hive.
HivePostify was never just another frontend. It was always meant to be a bridge.
A bridge between:
- The 2–5 million who already use AI tools daily and the 6.8 billion who have never touched it.
- The crypto-native developer and the first-time creator from a small city in Pakistan.
- Web3 complexity and simple, human usability.
Right now, HivePostify has:
- ✅ A live Marketplace where you can create and hire for Hive-powered gigs.
- ✅ Exclusive Content features coming (95% done) allowing creators to control who sees what. (Cooming Soon)
- ✅ "Your Old Talent" tool find your very first post on Hive. (Cooming Soon)
- 🔜 Full AI-assisted content tools built directly into the platform. (Cooming Soon)
Every feature I build is for that grey dot. The person who has never used this. The person who does not yet know what is possible.
The Opportunity In Front of Us
If you are reading this post right now, you are already in a rare group.
You are on a decentralized blockchain. You are earning from your content. You are part of a developer community experimenting with the future of the internet.
The gap between you and the average person on earth is not measured in months; it is measured in years.
Getting ahead is not hard right now. The bar is on the floor.
- Use one AI tool every day for a month.
- Read one book about where this is going.
- Build one thing, even small, on Hive.
That is enough to put you ahead of 84% of the planet.
A Personal Note
I am 16 years old. I built HivePostify alone from Pakistan while studying. I did not have a team, a budget, or a roadmap handed to me.
What I had was this: the belief that we are early, and that early is exactly when showing up matters most.
Every post I write, every feature I ship, every bug I fix at 2 a.m. It is for that grey dot. The person who has not found Hive yet. The person who does not know their words have value. The person one click away from their first blockchain transaction.
That is my mission. That is what HivePostify is for.
If this post made you think, please share it. RePost it. Send it to someone who is still sitting in the grey.
We are so, so early. And there has never been a better time to build.