Many users celebrate OpenAI Codex's surge from 1M to 8M active users because strong customer treatment and rapid app improvements drove the growth, while a few call the numbers inflated or blame simultaneous product releases.
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@petergostev Over 1 million of those users are non-developers — using Codex for business tasks, reports, spreadsheets, presentations. The product is crossing from developer tool to enterprise productivity platform. The growth isn't just more developers. It's a new category of user.
1:54 PM · Jul 14, 2026@petergostev Definitely inflated tho. Had normies freak out and ask if this was malware since their ChatGPT app disappeared and was replaced by something else.
1:35 PM · Jul 14, 2026@petergostev Congratulations! Been super exciting to see the app change over the past 6 months:)
4:22 PM · Jul 14, 2026@petergostev this is insane!! +2 millions in less than a week?
1:07 PM · Jul 14, 2026@petergostev releasing Sol and the everything app simultaneously was a mistake
1:43 PM · Jul 14, 2026@BorisMPower Wow yes 8 million- finally
8:24 AM · Jul 14, 2026if you are reading @every, you knew codex was about to take off 6 months ago :) success kid pointing to when i started getting extremely, absolutely, annoyingly codex pilled and we began covering it
Ok my previous chart wasn't quite right, this is the right trajectory https://twitter.com/petergostev/status/2076725390492487837
Usage accelerated sharply, adding 2 million users in three days.
@petergostev this is insane!! +2 millions in less than a week?
1:07 PM · Jul 14, 2026@petergostev releasing Sol and the everything app simultaneously was a mistake
1:43 PM · Jul 14, 2026@BorisMPower Wow yes 8 million- finally
8:24 AM · Jul 14, 2026if you are reading @every, you knew codex was about to take off 6 months ago :) success kid pointing to when i started getting extremely, absolutely, annoyingly codex pilled and we began covering it
Ok my previous chart wasn't quite right, this is the right trajectory https://twitter.com/petergostev/status/2076725390492487837
Wow! More people should try Codex and the new Work mode
i knew Codex was growing fast, but this is unbelievable: 1m → 8m users in just over five months even crazier, it went from 6m → 8m in only three days https://twitter.com/thsottiaux/status/2076907789763621237
receipts, from our Codex Desktop app launch vibe check: https://every.to/vibe-check/codex-vibe-check
6:01 PM · Jul 14, 2026Many users celebrate OpenAI Codex's surge from 1M to 8M active users because strong customer treatment and rapid app improvements drove the growth, while a few call the numbers inflated or blame simultaneous product releases.
Based on 24 visible X reactions from 64 accounts; directional sample.
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Wow! More people should try Codex and the new Work mode
i knew Codex was growing fast, but this is unbelievable: 1m → 8m users in just over five months even crazier, it went from 6m → 8m in only three days https://twitter.com/thsottiaux/status/2076907789763621237
receipts, from our Codex Desktop app launch vibe check: https://every.to/vibe-check/codex-vibe-check
6:01 PM · Jul 14, 2026