# OpenAI says Codex weekly active users grew 20x since January

> Original title: Excited to kick-off our DevDay Exchange in Berlin & Germany is cooking with Codex!! 🇩🇪

- Source: Vaibhav Srivastav
- Published: 2026-10-26T14:40:12.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/e9edfyp55pw1zswa9t2hub85k
- Original: https://x.com/reach_vb/status/2114728809790394661

## Summary

OpenAI says weekly active users of Codex are up 20 times since January, with nearly 70% using the desktop app. Germany is now in the top five globally for active API developers, according to the company.

## Post

Excited to kick-off our DevDay Exchange in Berlin & Germany is cooking with Codex!! 🇩🇪

- weekly active users are up 20× since January
- nearly 70% use the desktop app
- 1 in 5 desktop users use skills for docs, slides and spreadsheets

and Germany is now top 5 globally for active API developers. 

kudos to all of our community members and ambassadors for all their support and love. 

come find me after my talk and let’s hang!! 🚀

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## Quoted post @reach_vb

> excited to host y’all at DevDay Exchange in Berlin soon 🍻

https://x.com/reach_vb/status/2114643568685908465