India is quickly emerging as one of the most advanced and active user bases of ChatGPT worldwide. Through a new public data initiative called OpenAI Signals, OpenAI has revealed that users in India are increasingly turning to ChatGPT not just for casual questions, but for coding, data analysis, learning, and professional tasks—often at levels significantly higher than global averages.
The update comes as ChatGPT has crossed 100 million weekly active users in India, making it the platform’s largest market outside the United States. India is also now the fastest-growing market for OpenAI Codex, OpenAI’s coding-focused system, with weekly usage reportedly increasing fourfold in just the past two weeks.
According to OpenAI Signals, Indian users are adopting advanced technical features at a much faster rate compared to users in other regions. Among Plus and Pro subscribers, usage of data analysis tools is roughly four times the global average. Codex usage for programming is about three times higher than global trends. Coding-related queries overall are nearly three times the global median, while education-focused questions are close to double the global median.
Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist at OpenAI, noted, “AI adoption is moving faster than our ability to measure it, and that’s a challenge for anyone trying to make smart decisions. Signals is our way of putting real-world evidence on the table, so India’s AI debate can be grounded in facts, not hype.”
Work-related usage in India also exceeds global benchmarks. Around 35 percent of consumer messages in India are tied to professional tasks, compared to approximately 30 percent worldwide. At work, users primarily rely on AI for drafting and editing content, debugging code, technical assistance, and streamlining routine workflows.
Beyond professional use, ChatGPT adoption is expanding rapidly in everyday life. Nearly two-thirds of messages are now non-work-related. About 35 percent of these focus on practical guidance, while roughly 20 percent each relate to general information and writing tasks. This reflects growing reliance on AI for learning, decision-making, and personal productivity.
Demographically, ChatGPT usage in India skews significantly younger than the global average. Users aged 18–24 account for just under half of all messages, compared to roughly one-third globally. Those between 18 and 34 contribute nearly 80 percent of consumer messages, driving adoption in education and early-career contexts.
In simple terms, OpenAI Signals is a recurring public data initiative that provides privacy-preserving, de-identified insights into how ChatGPT is used across regions, age groups, and task categories. Its goal is to encourage more evidence-based conversations about AI adoption and policy.
Overall, the findings suggest that AI use in India is rapidly shifting from experimentation to execution, with a young, tech-savvy population integrating advanced AI tools into learning, work, and problem-solving at scale.
