# ChatGPT's Work Expansion

> OpenAI releases global data on how ChatGPT is used for work across 100 countries.
- Title: ChatGPT's Work Expansion · OpenAI | Shortify
- Summary: OpenAI releases global data on how ChatGPT is used for work across 100 countries. OpenAI's new data shows ChatGPT work usage dropped from 56% to 51.1% of…
- Keywords: openai, chatgpt, work activities, intermediate work activities, iwas, economic research, research guides
- Source: OpenAI — https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-expanding-world-of-work
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- Topics: openai, chatgpt, work activities, intermediate work activities, iwas, economic research, research guides, ai, technology
## New OpenAI Signals Data Release
OpenAI releases data exploring 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries.
## Work Activities for ChatGPT
Researchers can study how ChatGPT is used for work from preparing materials to programming.
## Intermediate Work Activities
The data connects ChatGPT usage to 165 work activity categories called Intermediate Work Activities.
## Global Work Usage Patterns
Across 74 countries, the ten most common activities represented 51.1% of work messages in Q3 2026.
## Country Specialization
Countries specialized in different work activities over time, with variation in access to AI tools.
## U.S. Work Comparison
43% of U.S. employment-weighted tasks fall into Other IWAs outside reported categories.
## Data Privacy Measures
Researchers do not read individual conversations; automated systems classify messages with privacy protections.
## Key takeaway

OpenAI's new data shows ChatGPT work usage dropped from 56% to 51.1% of activities in 74 countries between Q1 2025 and Q3 2026.