ChatGPT consumer adoption broadened across age groups, genders, and geographies in Q1 2026

Users with typically feminine names accounted for over half of users for whom OpenAI could infer gender in Q1 2026, after reaching approximate parity the prior year. Messages from users over 35 gained share this quarter, though users under 35 still represented the largest share overall.

Many of the fastest-rising countries for ChatGPT usage (ranked by messages sent per capita) came from Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, and Africa—outside the most established markets.

Within work-related tasks on consumer plans, creating written and visual materials continued to lead but decreased over time, while more specialized tasks like content creation, health-related documentation, and information retrieval became more popular. This analysis excludes Codex usage.