Anthropic's Claude AI is seeing rapid growth in paid subscribers, with a sharp surge between January and February 2026, even as ChatGPT continues to dominate the AI chatbot market.
Claude AI has been making a lot of headlines lately, and that attention is now translating into growing popularity of its products among AI chatbot users. The company entered wider public discussion after its feud with the United States Department of Defense, when it refused to allow the use of its AI models for lethal autonomous operations and mass surveillance of American citizens.



