Claude, the AI app, is experiencing a significant increase in consumer adoption, surpassing ChatGPT in new installs and daily active users. The surge follows a fallout with the Pentagon due to Anthropic CEO’s refusal to allow government use of AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Despite being marked as a supply-chain risk, consumers are favoring Claude’s model, leading to a rise in app downloads and active users.
Appfigures data shows Claude’s mobile app had 149,000 daily downloads compared to ChatGPT’s 124,000 on March 2. Additionally, Similarweb reports a 183% increase in Claude’s daily active users, reaching 11.3 million on the same day. While Claude outperforms rivals like Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot in active users, ChatGPT remains a dominant player with 250.5 million daily active users.
Although Claude’s web traffic is growing, it still lags behind other AI providers. The app’s recent growth spurt coincided with the controversy surrounding Anthropic’s Pentagon negotiations. If this trend continues, the app could climb higher in user rankings.
Source: TechCrunch