New Delhi, February 20: OpenAI has revealed striking insights into global AI adoption, positioning India as a frontrunner in leveraging ChatGPT for technical tasks. Indian users are outpacing the worldwide average by a massive margin, particularly in data analysis—where usage is nearly four times higher—and coding with Codex, clocking in at about three times the global benchmark.
The data paints a vivid picture of India’s tech-savvy workforce. Users here fire off coding-related queries at triple the global rate and double down on education and learning prompts. Work-related interactions dominate, with 35% of usage tied to professional needs compared to 30% globally. In offices, AI shines in drafting, editing, technical troubleshooting, debugging, and accelerating workflows.
Beyond the cubicle, practical guidance claims 35% of conversations, while general knowledge and writing tasks each hover around 20%. This surge underscores AI’s role in enhancing learning, decision-making, and personal productivity across the nation.
OpenAI’s Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterjee emphasized the rapid pace of adoption: ‘AI’s embrace is accelerating so fast it’s hard to measure. Signals is our effort to ground discussions in real data, ensuring India’s AI debate is fact-based, not hype-driven.’
Demographics reveal a youth-led revolution: 18-24-year-olds send nearly half of all messages, and the 18-34 bracket accounts for 80% of consumer interactions. Geographically, tech hubs lead—Telangana tops coding usage, followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
India now boasts over 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users, making it the largest market outside the US and the fastest-growing for Codex. These trends signal not just mass adoption but sophisticated, purposeful AI integration in high-skill domains like coding and data crunching.