New OpenAI Signals data released June 30, 2026 OpenAI Signals shows ChatGPT adoption sees 50% higher daily message volume for users with 6-month account tenures. The dataset also finds non-English speakers now make up the majority of active global ChatGPT users.
The data is drawn from a 0.1% random sample of users who signed up for ChatGPT between October 15, 2025 and May 1, 2026, with activity tracked through May 31, 2026 OpenAI Signals. Six months after account creation, these users send 50% more daily messages and attempt double the number of distinct tasks compared to their usage at account creation, measured across 53 predefined capability categories OpenAI Signals.
The findings are part of OpenAI Signals, an ongoing public data initiative designed to give researchers and policymakers granular visibility into how AI tools are adopted across global populations OpenAI Signals.
ChatGPT adoption growth is fastest in Africa and Asia
Weekly active user growth has exceeded July 2023 baseline rates on every continent since OpenAI Signals tracking began in July 2023 OpenAI Signals.
Which regions are seeing the fastest ChatGPT adoption growth?
Africa and Asia posted the fastest relative increases in weekly active users over the measurement period. Countries in the lower Human Development Index (HDI) bracket recorded the strongest overall growth rates during this window OpenAI Signals.
As of the June 2026 measurement, weekly active user counts in the Africa region grew 112% relative to the July 2023 baseline. The Asia region grew 98% over the same period, the two highest regional growth rates globally. Lower-HDI countries collectively saw 87% higher weekly active user growth than upper-HDI countries over the measurement window OpenAI Signals.
OpenAI attributes this trend to the continued availability of its free ChatGPT tier and low-cost Go subscription plan in regions where premium tiers are unaffordable for most residents. For the dataset, users are counted as active if they sent at least one message in the 7 days prior to each monthly measurement. Users in countries where ChatGPT is not officially available are excluded from all calculations OpenAI Signals.
Non-English usage drives most global ChatGPT adoption
Users who primarily communicate in languages other than English now represent more than half of all active ChatGPT users as of June 2026. Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic are the most widely used non-English languages by total message volume OpenAI Signals.
How has non-English ChatGPT usage changed?
As of June 2026, non-English language users accounted for 52% of all active global ChatGPT users. This is up 18 percentage points from the 34% share recorded in July 2023 OpenAI Signals.
Spanish-language users make up 12% of total active users, Portuguese 8%, and Arabic 7%, the three largest non-English language segments. Uzbek-language active users grew 420% since July 2023, Kazakh grew 380%, and Burmese grew 310%, the highest growth rates among languages with at least 1 million active users as of the June 2026 measurement OpenAI Signals.
OpenAI assigns a user’s primary language based on the plurality of messages they send. All measurements exclude users under 18 years old OpenAI Signals.
Demographic shifts show more gender-balanced global ChatGPT adoption
Analysis of name-to-gender crosswalk data shows that users with typically feminine names now account for the majority of global ChatGPT message volume. Brazil, Colombia, Poland, and Namibia have the highest share of feminine-name user activity, while masculine-name usage is most heavily concentrated in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali OpenAI Signals.
What demographic shifts are appearing in ChatGPT user data?
As of June 2026, users with statistically feminine names accounted for 51% of total global ChatGPT message volume. This is up 7 percentage points from the 44% share recorded in July 2023 OpenAI Signals.
In Brazil, feminine-name users generate 58% of national ChatGPT message volume, the highest share globally. Colombia follows at 57%, Poland at 56%, and Namibia at 55%. Masculine-name users generate 62% of message volume in Pakistan, 61% in Bangladesh, 59% in Angola, 58% in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 57% in Mali, the highest concentrations of masculine-name usage globally OpenAI Signals.
OpenAI notes it does not collect explicit gender identity data from users, so these figures are statistical estimates rather than confirmed demographic data. Countries are excluded from this analysis if at least half of active users’ names cannot be classified via the crosswalk dataset OpenAI Signals.
Bottom line: The data confirms ChatGPT’s growth is no longer driven primarily by English-speaking early adopters, with emerging markets and non-English use cases now driving 52% of active user engagement as of June 2026.
For AI product teams targeting global markets, localized low-cost subscription tiers and multilingual model tuning are proven, measurable growth levers, with lower-HDI regions posting 87% higher user growth than upper-HDI markets over the prior three years.
For example, the 420% growth in Uzbek-language active users since July 2023 demonstrates that even low-resource language markets with limited prior AI access deliver strong returns when localization and affordable access are prioritized OpenAI Signals.
