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India Emerges as ChatGPT’s Second-Largest Market with over 100 Million Weekly Users, Says Sam Altman
India hosts 100 million weekly ChatGPT users due to tailored pricing and strong student adoption, making it OpenAI’s second-largest market after the U.S.
- On Sunday, Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, said India has 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users ahead of the five-day India AI Impact Summit beginning Monday in New Delhi.
- Because of its young, tech-savvy population and more than a billion internet users, OpenAI opened a New Delhi office and launched a sub-$5 ChatGPT Go tier later made free for Indian students, who form the largest student user base globally.
- Platform metrics show ChatGPT reached 800 million weekly active users as of October 2025 and India ranks fourth globally in Prism adoption.
- Altman said OpenAI will soon announce partnerships to expand access and deepen engagement with the Indian government, while the India AI Impact Summit highlights India's growing AI influence.
- Pressure to convert usage into revenue means India’s price-sensitive market and infrastructure constraints complicate monetization, while Google and Reliance Jio offer free Gemini AI Pro access to over 500 million Jio users.
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India emerges as ChatGPT’s second-largest market with over 100 million weekly users, says Sam Altman
India has crossed 100 million weekly ChatGPT users, making it the platform’s second-largest market after the United States, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said. He highlighted India’s rapid AI adoption as central to the company’s global growth strategy.
India becomes second-largest market worldwide with 100 million ChatGPT users per week: Sam Altman
India has become a huge deal for OpenAI and its AI tools. Recently, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, said that more than 100 million people in the country are using ChatGPT every week. This is a huge number from the business angle, as it is actually the biggest user base in Asia and second only to the United States worldwide. Out of about 800 million people using ChatGPT globally every week, a big chunk comes from India. India emerges as a key AI marke…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Indians top ChatGPT users in Asia, over 100 million use it every week
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