OpenAI Codex adoption surges in India; weekly active users up 27-times since early 2026

New Delhi: OpenAI on Friday said that the weekly active Codex users in India have grown 27 times since 2026-beginning, as India continues to be counted among the top five countries globally for adoption of the coding agent.

Notably, over a quarter of the Codex requests are for non-coding tasks, underlining growing usage beyond traditional software development workflows.

Codex is being used to synthesise information, draft documents, automate daily research tasks, and organise workflows and communication.