Indian here, never heard of CME before. NASDAQ yes.

>> "Yes, I know they are bigger but I can assure you that if you ask random people in my country most would know NASDAQ while very few would know CME"

Just go out to a target and ask 5 people... Unless you live on mars already.

I imagine I'd get three "CME? Dunno WTF that is", "How about Chicago Mercantile Exchange?", "Oh yeah, I recognize that from the boring parts of morning news updates on the radio. They do something with soy beans, right?" and two "yeah, still dunno. Is it a farmer's market?"

Midwestern US city (not Chicago).

Outside of the US I don't think many would know what Chicago Mercantile Exchange is though while most would probably know Nasdaq.

But every single person who is qualified to trade futures would know about the CME... It's the 900lb gorilla.