Tracking the adoption and impact of generative AI among working-age adults in India. Understanding how AI is transforming work and daily life across the nation.
Survey Data from India | January 2026The impact of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) on the economy depends on the speed and intensity of its adoption. This tracker reports results from a survey of working-age adults aged 18-64 in India. All statistics are weighted by age and gender to be representative of India's population.
Percentage of respondents who use gen AI for work, outside of work, and overall. All figures are weighted by age and gender.
How does GenAI adoption in India compare to the US? Data from GenAI Adoption Tracker (August 2025)
This project tracks the adoption and impact of Generative AI among working-age adults in India. It is run by Kiran Garimella at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information.
The survey uses the instrument developed by the Real-Time Population Survey (RPS), a national online labor market survey of working-age adults aged 18-64 that has run in the United States since 2020. This project aims to provide similar insights into GenAI adoption for India, comparable to the US GenAI Adoption Tracker.
The project plans to collect data from N=1,000 Indians from an online sample, reweighted by age and gender. We plan to collect data every month to track trends over time.
In addition to the survey data, this project includes actual ChatGPT usage data collected by asking N=346 participants to export their complete ChatGPT conversation histories. The conversation topics were classified using the same methodology as described in "How People Use ChatGPT" by Chatterji et al. from OpenAI. This allows us to compare actual usage patterns in India with global ChatGPT usage patterns.
For raw data access or more insights, please contact:
kg766@rutgers.edu
If you are interested in funding this project and helping expand it to other Global South countries, please reach out to Kiran.