[AINews] Codex usage up >10x in 6 months to 7M users, +1M in the past ~day; did Codex overtake Claude Code??
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Codex usage grew from 2 million users in March to 7 million users by mid-July, representing approximately 10x growth over six months. The service added 1 million new users in roughly a single day following the July 9 launch of GPT 5.6 Sol, reaching 6 million users within 48 hours. Codex's growth trajectory now appears to match or exceed Claude Code's expansion, shifting competitive focus toward which coding platform maintains momentum in user adoption.