AI · 1h ago
Codex Hits 7M Users, Overtaking Claude Code in Growth Race
OpenAI's Codex reached 7 million weekly active users on July 13, 2026, a 10x surge from 600,000 in January. Claude Code had 4.2 million users in Q1 and $2.5 billion annualized revenue by February. The divergence between user growth and revenue highlights different metrics for measuring success in coding agents.
Meridian48 take
The headline question misses the point: Codex wins on user adoption, but Claude Code's revenue dominance suggests a more valuable user base.
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