Anthropic's Claude overtakes ChatGPT in App Store as users boycott over OpenAI's $200 million Pentagon contract

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Fortune reports Anthropic's Claude climbed to the No.1 spot on Apple's US App Store over the weekend, dethroning ChatGPT, amid a user boycott tied to OpenAI's Pentagon contract dispute (up to $200 million). Prior to a Super Bowl ad push, Claude had been ranked 42nd on the App Store.

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A public policy controversy (OpenAI's up-to-$200M Pentagon/DoD contract and associated boycott) coincided with a dramatic App Store ranking flip: Claude jumped from #42 to #1, overtaking ChatGPT (which fell to #2), while Google Gemini sat at #4. On Google Play, standings differed — Claude was #5 versus ChatGPT's #2 as of Monday.

成果・金額

Claude reached #1 free app on Apple's US App Store (up from #42); free active users up over 60% since start of year; daily sign-ups quadrupled; on Google Play, Claude was #5 vs ChatGPT #2; OpenAI's contract at issue was worth up to $200 million.

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"Anthropic's Claude climbed to the No. 1 spot on Apple's App Store over the weekend, dethroning ChatGPT." / "Since the start of the year, free active users on Claude have increased by over 60%" / "daily sign-ups have quadrupled" / Claude was "ranked 42nd on Apple's App Store" before the surge / "Claude stood at No. 5, compared with No. 2 for ChatGPT, on the Google Play store as of Monday"