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Anthropic

Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.

Fig. 1
Anthropic's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
02.557.510AprMayJunJulAugSept
Anthropic%

Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.

Fig. 2
npm downloads a week: @anthropic-ai/sdk
020.0M40.0M60.0M6 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug14 Sept28 Sept12 Oct19 Oct
@anthropic-ai/sdk

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Fig. 3
PyPI downloads a week: anthropic
020.0M40.0M60.0M6 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug14 Sept28 Sept12 Oct19 Oct
anthropic

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Job ads naming it, by week

Postings in Adzuna's UK IT feed and on RemoteOK whose title or description names Anthropic. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.

  1. 10 Aug 3
  2. 17 Aug 1
  3. 24 Aug 0
  4. 31 Aug 2
  5. 7 Sept 0
  6. 14 Sept 0
  7. 21 Sept 0
  8. 28 Sept 0
  9. 5 Oct 1
  10. 12 Oct 0
  11. 19 Oct 0
  12. 26 Oct 1

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. Anthropic S-11.7K pts · 1663 comments · 26 Oct
  2. Redesigning source control at Anthropic883 pts · 994 comments · 13 Oct
  3. Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge821 pts · 664 comments · 5 Oct
  4. Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive813 pts · 700 comments · 23 Aug
  5. Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing810 pts · 714 comments · 16 Aug
  6. I resigned from Anthropic today723 pts · 1000 comments · 9 Sept
  7. A single firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta hacking scandals675 pts · 244 comments · 14 Sept
  8. Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal639 pts · 434 comments · 28 Aug

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