Kenya has ranked first globally in ChatGPT usage, with 42.1% of internet users aged 16+ using the platform in the past month, according to the July 2025 Global Digital Report by We Are Social and Meltwater.

This places Kenya ahead of the UAE (42%), Israel (41.4%), Malaysia (39.8%), and Brazil (39.7%).

In contrast, usage in countries like the U.S. (19.1%), UK (17.9%), and Japan (5.8%) remains below average. Meanwhile, Chinese users are shifting to local AI platform Deepseek, which now reports 75 million monthly users.

PHOTO | COURTESY: Kenya has ranked first globally in ChatGPT usage