OpenAI releases a new knowledge work report: Codex now has 5M+ weekly active users, up 6x+ since February, and knowledge workers represent ~20% of Codex users

OpenAI today released a new report, The Next Era of Knowledge Work, showing how Codex is no longer just a coding tool.

OpenAI 2026-06-02

@openainewsroom @openainewsroom on x
Codex now has more than 5M weekly active users. But the bigger story is what people are using it for: not just writing code, but getting more work done across research, analysis, content, and operations. Our new report on how Codex is becoming a productivity tool for knowledge [i…
@openai @openai on x
Building apps has never been easier. With Sites, Codex can turn your work, ideas, and plans into an interactive website or app your team can explore, use, and share with a URL. Rolling out to Business and Enterprise plans, before expanding more broadly. [video]
@kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x
OpenAI is on a winning streak: Codex passed 4M weekly users, 5x since February. Knowledge workers are now a fifth of them, growing 3x faster than developers. The tool OpenAI built for coders is being adopted fastest by people who don't code. All figures from OpenAI's own [image]
@stockmktnewz Evan on x
OpenAI just released new plugins, for its Codex agent that are intended for fielding tasks related to - public stock investment - banking - sales Among other roles with plans to add more features soon for legal and corporate finance - Bloomberg [image]
Adam Goldberg Adam Goldberg on linkedin
https://lnkd.in/... “Codex now has more than 5 million weekly active users, up more than 6x since the launch of the desktop app in February. …

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