OpenAI (OPENAI) said users aged between 18 years and 24 years accounted for about 50% of messages sent to ChatGPT in India, TechCrunch reported.
Users under the age of 30 accounted for 80% of messages sent to the chatbot, the report added.
The Microsoft (MSFT)-backed company said Indians use ChatGPT mostly for work, with 35% of all messages related to professional tasks, compared to 30% globally, the report noted.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
OpenAI noted that Indians use its coding assistant Codex three times more than the global median, and weekly usage has grown by four times since the tool got a Mac app two weeks ago. Users in the country are also requesting three times as many coding-related questions as the median, according to the report.
Earlier this week, OpenAI’s rival Anthropic (ANTHRO) said India ranked first globally in the share of AI use devoted to software-related tasks (45.2% of all O*NET-mapped tasks), ahead of Vietnam (42.1%) and Egypt (39.2%).
OpenAI added that outside of work tasks, 35% of messages to ChatGPT from Indians asked for guidance, 20% were related to questions about general information, and 20% were requests for producing or helping with writing.
On Thursday, OpenAI said India is home to more than 100M weekly ChatGPT users. The company also announced it has partnered with India’s Tata Group to build AI-ready data center capacity in the country as part of this global Stargate initiative. OpenAI will become the first customer of Tata Consultancy Services’ HyperVault data center business, starting with 100 megawatts of capacity and with the potential to scale to 1 gigawatt over time.
In August 2025, OpenAI launched a cheaper ChatGPT subscription plan in India called ChatGPT GO, which costs less than $5.
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman was among the top tech tycoons who visited the country to attend the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi this week.