Claude's consumer growth surge continues after Pentagon deal debacle
Claude's app is now seeing more new installs than ChatGPT and is growing its daily active users.

TL;DR
- Claude's mobile app downloads are surpassing ChatGPT's, with 149,000 daily downloads compared to ChatGPT's 124,000 on March 2.
- Claude's daily active users on iOS and Android reached 11.3 million on March 2, an 183% increase from the start of the year.
- Anthropic's refusal to allow the Pentagon to use its AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons is cited as a reason for increased consumer favor.
- Claude's web traffic increased by 43% month-over-month in February, while ChatGPT's web traffic dropped by 6.5%.
- Claude is the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store and holds the top position in 15 other countries.