The first AgI-mediated C–H ethoxycarbonyl difluoromethylation with TMSCF2COOEt (TMS = trimethylsilyl) has been developed. The radical difluoromethylation proceeds smoothly to give the difluoromethylated arenes in moderate to high yields with Friedel–Crafts-type regioselectivity. Mechanistic studies indicate that the innate C–H difluoromethylation proceeds through an electrophilic radical-type pathway