New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Indian users of the AI chatbot Claude compress tasks that would typically take 3.8 hours into about 15 minutes, achieving a 15x productivity increase, compared with a global average of 12x, according to Anthropic's latest Economic Index report.

The study analysed nearly 1 million Claude.ai conversations globally in November 2025 and found that India ranked second worldwide in total usage, accounting for 5.8% of global Claude.ai activity, behind the United States. However, India ranked 101st out of 116 countries on a per-capita basis, indicating that usage remains concentrated among certain professional segments rather than being broadly distributed across the population.

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