Jason Kneen burns 104.56B tokens and $24.7K in 304 days of AI coding on Codex and Claude Code
jasonkneen · x · 2026-10-23
Developer Jason Kneen shared his UsageRank leaderboard page: since May 8, 2025, he has burned 104.56B tokens across 304 active days, spending $24.7K over 8K sessions — ranked #1 all-time on the platform.
The breakdown:
- Codex: 60.95B tokens (58%), $11.9K
- Claude Code: 43.61B tokens (42%), $12.8K
- Last 30 days alone: 57.87B tokens, with sharp daily usage spikes
The stats offer a rare concrete look at the true intensity and cost structure of a power-user AI coding workflow, including how spend splits between Codex and Claude Code.associate
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