A 103% Surge in Korea Alone... Google AI's Insane Growth Pace
A 103% Surge in Korea Alone... Google AI's Insane Growth Pace
"Is GPT finished? The shocking report card from Google Gemini 3 Flash"
I'm back after about 5 weeks. Thank you for waiting. I wasn't just resting during the break. The AI market landscape has been shifting dramatically, so I've been digging into data all night.
Google's entry-level model released last month, 'Gemini 3 Flash.' I thought it was just a cost-effective model, but after digging in, it turned out to be a monster on par with GPT-5.2. What's even more shocking is the Korean market's reaction. In just one month since its release, the number of Korean users has exploded, and the gap with GPT is closing at a terrifying speed. Even the reason why 'AI' became the number one keyword in major corporations' New Year's addresses—Google is at the center of all these changes. The reason why OpenAI had no choice but to declare a 'Code Red', and what we need to prepare for in this massive shift. In my comeback video, I'll reveal all that data in stark detail.
📝 Timeline 0:00 Back After 5 Weeks & Proof of Life 1:25 Gemini 3 Flash: A Monster in Disguise (Performance Analysis) 3:40 Korean Market Data Reveal: Proof That GPT is Losing Ground 5:15 Analysis of Corporate New Year's Addresses: Why Samsung Chose Google 6:50 Shocking Revenue Rankings: Where Are Koreans Spending Their Money? 7:20 Conclusion: OpenAI's Crisis and Google's Winning Scenario
📢 AI Models/Companies Mentioned Google Gemini 3 Flash, Gemini 3 Pro OpenAI GPT-5.2, GPT-4o Anthropic Claude, xAI Grok Samsung, SK (New Year's addresses)
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Everyone, what did I tell you when Gemini 3.0 was released? I said that in the end, Google would win, that Google is a god, and that the final victor of the AI war has already been decided.
When Google released its entry-level model, Gemini 3 Flash, on December 17th of last month, most of you probably thought, "Oh, just another cost-effective model," and moved on.
But now, exactly one month after its release, do you know how the market landscape has changed? Today, I'm going to reveal the chilling data report card that shows how Google is devouring the Korean generative AI market, and why GPT, which once held the absolute throne, is losing its power.
Hello, this is CallitAI, your guide to everything for survival in the age of AI. I'm back with a new video after about 5 weeks. A lot has happened during that time. I went through some personal difficulties, but I've recovered a lot and I'm getting back into form.
I'll be pushing forward again. Thank you for your patience. To the members who trusted and waited for me, and to everyone on Discord, thank you so much. Thanks to you, I was able to get my act together quickly. I'll soon show you 100% of the person you used to watch, no, even more than that, so please wait just a little longer!
Now, let's get back to the main topic.
First, the arrival of a monster disguised as Flash, and GPT's crisis.
First, let's revisit Gemini 3 Flash, which was released last month. Its name might be Flash, but its performance is anything but light. In fact, it's frightening.
Right after its release, this model showed performance on par with its competitor's top-tier model, GPT-5.2, in benchmarks. It scored 33.7% on the Humanity's Last Exam professional test. Considering the previous version was at 11%, that's an insane threefold growth.
Its multimodal capabilities, in particular—the ability to understand video or analyze audio—are at 81.2%, making it the undisputed number one among all existing models.
Google has made this monster of a model the default model in the Gemini app. This means anyone in the world can now carry the intelligence of a top-tier GPT model in their pocket, for free.
On the other hand, OpenAI's situation is not looking good. While the release of the GPT-5 series brought some "That's GPT for you" reactions, the appeal of its paid subscription model is rapidly declining as Google starts to release high-performance models for free. In fact, recent data suggests that the cancellation rate for GPT Plus is noticeably increasing. People are starting to think, "Do I really need to pay for GPT when Google gives it all for free?"
Moreover, Anthropic's Claude and Elon Musk's Grok are also rising fiercely. Claude is winning over developers with reviews claiming it surpasses GPT, especially in coding and writing, while Grok is threatening the news search market with its weapon of real-time data from X (formerly Twitter). GPT is now caught in a sandwich between the giant that is Google and the rising powers of Claude and Grok.
Google calls this Gemini 3 Flash model a "Workhorse." With an insane cost-efficiency of $0.5 per 1 million tokens, it has made companies choose Google without hesitation when processing large volumes of data.
Second, Korean market data proves Google's counterattack.
Now, for the really important part. After the release of the Gemini 3 series, how did the Korean market—known to be the most sensitive to technology—react? Let me prove it with numbers.
According to the latest analysis from Sensor Tower, the landscape of the Korean market is being completely overturned.
As recently as last October, in the generative AI advertising market, GPT held 53.9% while Google had a mere 5%. It wasn't even a competition.
But in December, after the release of Gemini 3, GPT's share plummeted to 33.9%, while Google's shot up to 27.2%. This means that as soon as Google gained confidence in its product, it began a marketing carpet-bombing campaign on the Korean market with its vast capital.
App usage is even more surprising. Since the launch of Gemini 3, the Daily Active Users (DAU) in Korea have surged by a staggering 103.7%. This is the highest growth rate among major countries worldwide.
The gap with GPT is also closing fast. A year ago, the user count differed by over sevenfold, but now it has narrowed to about a fourfold difference. This is proof that Google's catch-up speed is far outpacing GPT's growth rate.
Third, the future foretold by the New Year's addresses of major Korean corporations.
This change isn't limited to just general users. If you look at the moves of the major corporations that drive the Korean economy, Google's victory becomes even clearer.
Do you know what the most mentioned word was in the New Year's addresses of Korea's top 10 conglomerates this year? It was AI. A keyword that barely made the top 10 last year was mentioned a total of 44 times this year, vaulting it to first place.
Tech-leading companies like SK and Samsung, in particular, have framed AI as a prerequisite for survival. SK emphasized that they "must combine AI knowledge to create new business models," and Samsung Electronics declared they will "leap forward to become a leading AI company through AX innovation and overwhelming product competitiveness."
What does this mean? It means corporations are moving beyond simply adopting AI and are starting to make it the core of their business. And when companies adopt AI, the most important factors they consider are stability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
Google's Gemini 3 Flash checks all three of these boxes. GPT is expensive and heavy. Claude and Grok still lack a mature ecosystem. But Google has all the infrastructure, from Cloud, Search, and Android to workplace tools (Workspace). From a corporate perspective, there's no reason not to choose Google.
Fourth, Koreans spend money. On Google.
What's more shocking is the revenue. Korean users aren't just using it for free.
In Gemini's global iOS revenue, the US is number one, and surprisingly, South Korea is number two with 11.4%, surpassing Japan. This means Korea is the so-called "prime market" with the highest revenue-to-download ratio. It's as if Google has confirmed that Korean users are ready to open their wallets if the performance is solid.
Furthermore, user behavior patterns are also changing.
In the past, many people used only GPT, but now, 40.8% of GPT users also use Gemini concurrently. With significant usability improvements not just in the app but also on the web, cross-platform usage spanning PC and mobile has nearly doubled. This is strong evidence that Google Gemini is not just a simple chatbot but is deeply embedding itself into our daily lives and work.
Conclusion: OpenAI's Code Red has become a reality.
Remember the rumor that Sam Altman declared a Code Red internally? Looking at this data, it wasn't a rumor; it was a fact.
With the overwhelming cost-effectiveness and performance of Gemini 3 Flash as its weapon, Google is perfectly integrating AI into the Google Search and Android ecosystems.
The time has come when GPT can no longer survive on the title of "pioneer" alone. Google has caught up in performance, the price competitiveness isn't even comparable, and Google is dominant in ecosystem control. On top of that, rising powers like Claude and Grok are fiercely penetrating the gaps left by GPT.
People no longer bother with complex prompts. They just open Google and ask, or take a picture and upload it. That natural experience is eroding the Korean market, and the world.
Are you still using GPT out of habit? Or are you feeling the terrifying growth of Google?
Gemini 3 Flash, and the turbulent changes in the AI market. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.
Reaffirming my conviction that Google will ultimately win, this has been CallitAI. Thank you.
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Originally published on YouTube: 1/26/2026