By the end of December 2025, the usage shares of GitHub Copilot and Codex had become nearly equal. On January 8, 2026, a noticeable gap began to emerge, with Codex reaching a 25.5% share compared to Copilot’s 24.3%.
As of January 21, 2026, Codex has clearly overtaken GitHub Copilot in usage share.
The current AI coding agent usage shares are as follows:
1. Claude Code: 31.6% 2. Codex CLI: 26.7% 3. Copilot Agent: 22.9% 4. Cursor: 9.7% 5. Gemini CLI: 6.3%