OpenAI: 18-to-24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India
Users aged 18-24 send nearly 50% of all ChatGPT messages in India, with under-30s accounting for 80%. Indians use Codex at three times the global median rate, with weekly usage quadrupling since the Mac app launched two weeks ago. Work-related queries make up 35% of messages vs. 30% globally.
India is OpenAI's second-largest market with over 100M weekly users. The young demographic skew suggests AI tools are becoming deeply embedded in early-career workflows, particularly in software development.
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