📰 India Becomes Fastest-Growing ChatGPT Market as Ghibli AI Image Trend Drives Record Engagement — 700M+ Images Generated Since March.
🚀 India Now Leads Global ChatGPT Growth Surge
🔥 OpenAI’s Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap confirmed that India has officially become the fastest-growing ChatGPT market in the world. The milestone comes as ChatGPT’s new image-generation feature, powered by GPT-4o, fuels a viral surge in AI-generated Ghibli-style content.
🔥 Since the feature’s release on March 25, users have generated over 700 million images, with 130 million+ users embracing the visual creation tool, making it the most popular ChatGPT feature since the chatbot’s debut in 2022.
🎨 Ghibli AI Trend Sparks Global Creative Craze
The whimsical, nostalgic art style reminiscent of Studio Ghibli has gone viral on social platforms, pushing ChatGPT’s visual capabilities into the spotlight. Artists, influencers, and AI-curious users are generating dreamlike scenes with ease.
“We appreciate your patience as we try to serve everyone. The team continues to work around the clock,” said Lightcap on X, acknowledging strain from the surge in demand.
India’s AI Moment: From Emerging Player to Global Leader
🔥 This growth aligns with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s recent praise of India’s aggressive AI adoption pace, calling the country “one of the most exciting AI ecosystems right now.”
Across education, media, design, and entrepreneurship, India is seeing mass adoption of AI tools like never before — not just using AI but co-creating with it.
⚙️ Surge Brings System Strain — OpenAI Scaling Up
The user explosion is pushing OpenAI’s infrastructure to the limit. Peak traffic times, particularly in Asia, are causing response slowdowns — but OpenAI is rapidly scaling server capacity to meet growing global demand.
đź”® The Big Picture: AI Is Now Cultural
This is no longer just about tech. With the Ghibli AI trend, AI is now an emotional, creative, and cultural tool — enabling global users to tell stories, visualize dreams, and shape ideas beyond text.
India isn’t just using AI — it’s becoming the heart of how AI is expressed globally.
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