OpenAI Codex jumps from 6M to 25M active users in 7 weeks, over 4x growth
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-09-03
OpenAI's Codex shows no sign of slowing: active users grew from about 6 million in mid-July to 25 million by the end of August — over 4x in roughly 7 weeks. The poster notes the more telling metric may be how much token consumption grew over the same period.
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