Claude hits 11 million daily users, social post says

A May 22 post on X by user diti403 said Anthropic’s Claude was being used by 11 million people daily and linked a free “24-hour guide” covering 100 professional skills. The post framed the guide as a limited-time resource for advanced users and said access would last for 24 hours. The post itself is public, but the usage claim in it is not presented there with sourcing. Anthropic did not appear to publish that 11 million figure in its newsroom or on its main product pages. TechCrunch reported on March 6 that Similarweb data showed Claude’s iOS and Android apps reached 11.3 million daily active users on March 2. That report said the figure was up 183% from about 4 million at the start of 2026 and 5 million at the start of February. TechCrunch also said Appfigures estimated Claude had 149,000 daily downloads on March 2, ahead of ChatGPT’s 124,000 that day, while ChatGPT still led overall mobile daily active users by a wide margin. (anthropic.com) ### Where does the 11 million figure appear to come from? The closest verified public figure is the 11.3 million daily active user estimate cited by TechCrunch from Similarweb for March 2. The X post’s “11 million people daily” wording appears consistent with that estimate, though it rounds the number and does not specify that the figure in the TechCrunch report referred to mobile app daily active users on iOS and Android. (techcrunch.com) That is an inference based on the match between the numbers, not a statement Anthropic itself has published. The Decoder separately reported on March 6 that Anthropic’s Mike Krieger said Claude was adding more than 1 million new users per day. That is a different metric from daily active users. One refers to new sign-ups; the other refers to people using the app on a given day. ### Did Anthropic itself say Claude has 11 million daily users? (techcrunch.com) Anthropic’s official newsroom page, as available on May 23, did not show a post stating that Claude has 11 million daily users. The company’s recent public posts instead focused on product launches, partnerships, higher usage limits, and enterprise deals, including updates involving SpaceX, KPMG, PwC and small-business offerings. (the-decoder.com) Anthropic has published other usage-related research, but those pages describe sampled conversations, country-level usage shares, or product behavior rather than a headline claim of 11 million daily users. ### What is the “100 pro skills” guide? The May 22 X post said the guide covered 100 practical skills and was available free for 24 hours. (anthropic.com) The source material provided for this story identifies the guide only through that social post, and the accessible public record here does not independently verify who created the guide, whether Anthropic authorized it, or where it was hosted. (anthropic.com) That means two parts of the post should be treated separately: the Claude usage number has a plausible outside basis in third-party app data, while the guide promotion appears to be a social distribution claim that is not, from the available evidence, an official Anthropic announcement. ### What can be said with confidence? (x.com) May 22 is the date the X post was published, and the post did promote a free 24-hour guide tied to Claude power use. March 2 is the date attached to the nearest verified usage figure: 11.3 million daily active users for Claude’s mobile apps, according to Similarweb data cited by TechCrunch. Anthropic’s own public newsroom, as of May 23, does not show a matching official statement using the “11 million daily users” phrasing. (techcrunch.com) (x.com)