Quick answer
India is ChatGPT's second largest market at 100 million weekly users, a top three country for Gemini and Google AI Mode, and second only to the United States for Claude.ai use at 5.8 percent. Two short videos cover the headline numbers; the full source by source breakdown is in our written India research.
We write about India's published AI usage data in detail in India and AI assistants: what has and has not been published and what India's AI usage means for brand teams. These two videos cover the same figures out loud.
100M
ChatGPT weekly users in India, Feb 2026
5.8%
Share of Claude.ai use that is in India
Top 3
India's rank among Gemini and AI Mode countries
Every number above is reported by the company behind that platform, with a date, in the sources below. Where a platform has not published an India figure, our written research says so explicitly rather than estimating one.
Sources
- 1. TechCrunch: India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says (15 Feb 2026)
- 2. Anthropic Economic Index: India country brief (Data: 13 to 20 Nov 2025)
- 3. Google: AI Impact Summit 2026, partnering to make AI work for everyone (18 Feb 2026)
Cite this page
BrandWater AI Research. (2026, 23 October 2026). Watch: how India actually uses AI in 2026. https://brandwaterai.in/blog/how-india-uses-ai-2026-video
How we work
Figures are dated and linked to their sources. Where none exist we say so. Read our methodology and AI transparency pages.