Anthropic has 1/3 of OpenAI's users but 1.7x the revenue — how?
Sat0shi619 · reddit · 2026-11-15
A Reddit user comparing Claude and ChatGPT revenue and growth data found that ChatGPT has roughly 3x Claude's MAUs, yet Anthropic's business performance is far stronger, with revenue around 1.7x OpenAI's.
The post includes a data chart and asks why Anthropic out-earns OpenAI despite the user gap, pointing to the divergence between consumer-scale vs. enterprise/API-oriented monetization paths.
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