# OpenAI's Vaibhav Srivastav celebrates Codex growth at DevDay Exchange Berlin

> Original title: Fav people live on stage! ✨

- Source: Vaibhav Srivastav
- Published: 2026-10-26T17:46:22.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/tqctuqrqa3zt5y55yg2wsmc86
- Original: https://x.com/reach_vb/status/2114775657880436770

## Summary

Vaibhav Srivastav, an OpenAI developer relations lead, says Codex weekly active users are up 20 times since January and nearly 70% use the desktop app. He says Germany is now a top-five country globally for active API developers, and that one in five desktop users use skills for documents, slides and spreadsheets.

## Post

Fav people live on stage! ✨

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## Quoted post @reach_vb

> 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!! 🚀

https://x.com/reach_vb/status/2114728809790394661