ChatGPT Sees Majority Non-English Consumer Use

More than half of active ChatGPT users on individual consumer plans now predominantly use a language other than English, according to OpenAI's Signals data. The most common non-English languages are Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic, with the fastest user growth in Africa and Asia, particularly in lower-HDI countries.

Editorial analysis: For practitioners, the shift to predominantly non-English usage changes evaluation priorities, localization requirements, and dataset composition for real-world deployments. According to OpenAI's Signals data, more than half of active ChatGPT users on individual consumer plans now predominantly use a language other than English OpenAI, June 30, 2026 . OpenAI reports that the most common non-English languages are Spanish , Portuguese , and Arabic , and that relative user growth has been fastest in Africa and Asia , with lower-HDI countries showing the largest relative increases OpenAI Signals . The dataset described covers Individual plans Free, Go, Plus, Pro and explicitly excludes Enterprise, education, and Codex usage OpenAI . Search Engine Journal summarizes these findings and highlights rapid growth in smaller languages such as Uzbek, Kazakh, and Burmese among languages with over 1 million users Search Engine Journal .