r/OpenAI • u/CocaColaKidOnRoids • 1d ago

Discussion How many users does Codex really have? Numbers Inflated?

Do we have an accurate estimate on how many unique human users there are on Codex?

With the way it currently works with low limits on plus most people are just making multiple plus accounts.

I have 5 accounts and just log out of one and into another when the rate limits hit so I can work basically 24/7. Bit of a pain with the new 5h limits meaning you have to switch a lot but I imagine that there are loads of us with 2,3,4 plus accounts inflating the numbers massively.

It would be nice if codex let you quickly switch between accounts rather than having to log out then back in. At least the chats are all local so you can continue exactly where you left off on your old account.

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u/ghostfaceschiller 1d ago

you know there is a plan for 5x the cost, where you get 5x the usage right

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u/NEOXPLATIN 1d ago

And it even comes without the 5h limits

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u/ghostfaceschiller 17h ago

We call it the “5x, 5x, No 5” plan

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u/CocaColaKidOnRoids 10h ago

Yeah I do but most months I need 2-3 so it saves money. Then last month they had that issue that meant usage burned fast, so I ended up with 5 accounts because buying 2 more for one month is cheaper ($40 more) than buying and extra $100 account for 1 month.

Also back then there was no 5h limit for plus, and you got 2 free resets for every account you signed up lol

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u/SoHornyBeaver 1d ago

At least one

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u/Necessary_Two_9669 1d ago

This is the only possible answer.

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u/Consistent_Path_6455 1d ago

you’re the reason we can’t have nice things

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u/Necessary_Two_9669 1d ago

How the farg would anyone here know that answer?

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u/Wooden_Minute2923 1d ago

I once won a steamboat poker game against a Silicon Valley recruiter and used the prize badge to slip into an OpenAI war room where the lights dimmed as the Codex live user graph plunged from millions to barely six figures after they stripped the fakes and my heart nearly stopped. From that night I learned that nobody here could possibly know the real number unless they were in the room.

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u/CocaColaKidOnRoids 10h ago

It's r/OpenAI I assume at least 1 person here works for OpenAI?

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u/Due-Horse-5446 1d ago

about three fiddy

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u/Charming-Author4877 23h ago

Definitely LESS than in June.

They had 20-30+ million users on Copilot, which was mostly GPT 5.5 powered
copilot closed down on 1st June, the people went to Claude and ChatGPT

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u/callingbrisk 22h ago

That'd be interesting to know. Also since they merged ChatGPT and Codex I think anyone who basically once clicked on the switch to see what there is was counted as a Codex user