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India has emerged as the largest user base for ChatGPT Images 2.0 since its launch last week, OpenAI said on Thursday. However, third-party data reviewed by TechCrunch points to a more measured global response, with limited overall growth alongside sharp spikes in select emerging markets.<\/p>\n
ChatGPT Images 2.0, OpenAI\u2019s latest image-generation upgrade, is designed to handle more complex prompts and produce detailed visuals, including accurate text across multiple languages. Early patterns from the company suggest users \u2014 especially in India, its largest market \u2014 are using it to create personal visuals such as avatars, stylized portraits, and fantasy-themed images.<\/p>\n
Data shared by Sensor Tower and Similarweb with TechCrunch suggests the rollout has led to a more mixed global response. ChatGPT\u2019s app downloads rose 11% week-over-week following the launch, per Sensor Tower, but overall engagement gains were modest, with daily active users and sessions up only around 1%. Similarweb data also shows a limited increase in ChatGPT\u2019s global web traffic, rising about 1.6% week-over-week during the same period.<\/p>\n
However, Sensor Tower data indicates some emerging markets \u2014 including Pakistan, Vietnam, and Indonesia \u2014 saw sharper spikes in ChatGPT\u2019s app downloads, with increases of up to 79% week-over-week during the rollout period.<\/p>\n
India, meanwhile, remained a major source of activity during the rollout. Sensor Tower estimates show ChatGPT was downloaded about 5 million times in India during the launch week, compared with roughly 2 million in the U.S., though growth remained modest on a week-over-week basis. Similarweb data also points to a limited uptick in engagement, with daily active users in India rising about 3.4% week-over-week during the same period.<\/p>\n
In India, the early trends suggest ChatGPT Images 2.0 is largely being used as a form of self-expression. Rather than purely functional outputs, users are creating studio-style portraits from everyday photos, social media-ready images, and imaginative visuals that place themselves at the center, OpenAI said.<\/p>\n
The early patterns also highlight how AI image tools are being adopted differently across markets. While India\u2019s large user base is driving overall scale, sharper spikes in countries like Pakistan and Indonesia point to stronger new-user demand in emerging markets following the launch.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span> OpenAI\u2019s Images 2.0 launch comes amid intensifying competition in AI image generation. Google\u2019s earlier image-focused model, the original Nano Banana, also saw strong early traction in India, indicating how the nation has become an important market for image generation.<\/p>\n With the new ChatGPT Images release, OpenAI is pushing further with improvements such as better rendering of non-Latin text, including Hindi and Bengali, and new \u201cthinking\u201d capabilities that allow it to refine outputs and generate multiple variations from a single prompt.<\/p>\n Beyond stylized portraits and avatars, OpenAI said early Images 2.0 users in India are experimenting with a wider range of formats \u2014 from fantasy newspaper covers to tarot-style visuals and fashion moodboards. Users are also using the AI tool to restore older photos and create cinematic portrait collages, the company said, suggesting early patterns of more personal use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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