# Anthropic

_updated Apr 29, 2026_

**63% Adoption rate**  
Share of businesses that purchased from this vendor, of all businesses that made purchases in this software category. Measured in the past 12 months from the month shown.

**39% YoY**

## Summary

- Anthropic ranks #2 within the generative AI category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
- As of April 2026, 63% of organizations who have a vendor in the generative AI category use Anthropic: up 39 percentage points from last year.
- Anthropic has the highest adoption among enterprise companies (65%), compared to mid-market (65%), small-to-medium businesses (63%), and micro-SMB (64%).
- Anthropic key capabilities include Claude AI assistant, constitutional AI training, and safety-focused language models, supporting conversational AI and content generation with enhanced safety measures.

## Are businesses buying Anthropic?

### Adoption

**Rate** (among buyers of similar generative AI software)

| Company size    | Adoption rate |
| --------------- | ------------- |
| SMB             | 63%           |
| Mid-market      | 65%           |
| Enterprise      | 65%           |

### Key stats

- **63% Adoption rate**  
- **39% YoY**  
- **Mid-Market, 43%** Dominant FTE segment  
- **69% New adopter share**  
- **42% Competitor switch rate**

## About Anthropic

Anthropic develops large language models built for safety, transparency, and reliability. Its Claude model family powers advanced reasoning and conversational AI for enterprise and research applications.

## Historical data

| Date       | New adopter share | Competitor switch rate | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
| ---------- | ----------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------ |
| Mar 2026   | 69%               | 42%                    | Mid-Market, 43%      | 65%                        | 65%                      | 63%                |
| Feb 2026   | 59%               | 39%                    | Mid-Market, 44%      | 52%                        | 54%                      | 53%                |
| Jan 2026   | 43%               | 35%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 41%                        | 45%                      | 45%                |
| Dec 2025   | 26%               | 33%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 36%                        | 41%                      | 40%                |
| Nov 2025   | 26%               | 33%                    | Mid-Market, 46%      | 34%                        | 39%                      | 39%                |
| Oct 2025   | 24%               | 33%                    | Mid-Market, 46%      | 34%                        | 38%                      | 36%                |
| Sep 2025   | 17%               | 32%                    | Mid-Market, 46%      | 32%                        | 35%                      | 33%                |
| Aug 2025   | 16%               | 31%                    | Mid-Market, 46%      | 29%                        | 34%                      | 32%                |
| Jul 2025   | 16%               | 31%                    | Mid-Market, 44%      | 29%                        | 31%                      | 30%                |
| Jun 2025   | 14%               | 30%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 30%                        | 29%                      | 28%                |
| May 2025   | 9%                | 28%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 27%                        | 27%                      | 25%                |
| Apr 2025   | 8%                | 27%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 26%                        | 26%                      | 24%                |
| Mar 2025   | 10%               | 29%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 26%                        | 25%                      | 24%                |
| Feb 2025   | 13%               | 31%                    | Mid-Market, 46%      | 25%                        | 23%                      | 24%                |
| Jan 2025   | 13%               | 34%                    | Mid-Market, 45%      | 23%                        | 22%                      | 23%                |
| Dec 2024   | 13%               | 35%                    | Mid-Market, 44%      | 23%                        | 21%                      | 22%                |
| Nov 2024   | 16%               | 36%                    | Mid-Market, 43%      | 22%                        | 19%                      | 21%                |
| Oct 2024   | 13%               | 36%                    | Mid-Market, 42%      | 21%                        | 18%                      | 19%                |
| Sep 2024   | 11%               | 37%                    | Mid-Market, 40%      | 21%                        | 16%                      | 18%                |
| Aug 2024   | 15%               | 41%                    | Mid-Market, 40%      | 22%                        | 15%                      | 17%                |
| Jul 2024   | 16%               | 44%                    | Enterprise, 42%      | 19%                        | 13%                      | 15%                |
| Jun 2024   | 9%                | 38%                    | Enterprise, 45%      | 18%                        | 10%                      | 12%                |
| May 2024   | 5%                | 40%                    | Enterprise, 46%      | 19%                        | 10%                      | 11%                |
| Apr 2024   | 9%                | 48%                    | Enterprise, 47%      | 18%                        | 9%                       | 11%                |