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Claude Is Now Outpacing ChatGPT on Daily Downloads — and Anthropic Didn't Plan for It
Anthropic's Claude has surpassed ChatGPT in U.S. daily downloads, reaching 149,000 versus ChatGPT's 124,000 as of March 2026. Paid subscribers have doubled and daily active users have tripled since the start of the year — growth driven by a Super Bowl ad and a high-profile Pentagon contract refusal that triggered an unexpected wave of consumer loyalty.