Codex trend
Codex is past its fastest climb: overall interest is up +110% in a year but down 35% in the last three months. Next Big's projection: likely higher in six months (a 10 in 10 chance it's higher). 4 independent sources rose with it, so the interest is real; the question now is where it levels off.
Updated . Confirmed by 4 independent sources.
Approved by Next Big: independent sources confirm this rise, but it's climbing steadily rather than exploding, so it sits just outside our automatic check.
Next Big Pulse, weekly, 0 to 100 of its own peak. Confidence: high. What it's made of
- Searches a month
- 368K
- US estimate, every meaning of the words
- Overall interest, a year
- +110%
- Next Big Pulse
- Last 3 months
- -35%
- cooling
- Next 6 months
- 10 in 10 higher
- Next Big's projection, +21% to +124%
- Stage
- Regular
- growing faster each month
- Peaks
- All year
- no seasonal peak
- A click is worth
- $4.84
- what advertisers pay
- Ranking difficulty
- 69/100
- held by big sites
What's next for codex
- Direction
- Cooling, -35% over the last 3 months.
- Next 6 months
- A 10 in 10 chance it's higher in six months; the likely range is +21% to +124%.
- Next 12 months
- Next Big's projection: likely to keep rising (+31%).
The next wave inside it
Searches rising fastest alongside codex. Breakout means more than five thousand percent.
- antigravityBreakout
- strixhaven codexBreakout
- gpt 5.3 codexBreakout
- strixhaven codex bundleBreakout
- cc switchBreakout
- openclawBreakout
- codex bundle mtgBreakout
- secrets of strixhaven codex bundleBreakout
Is codex still growing?
Yes. Overall interest in codex is up +110% in a year, though down 35% over the last 3 months. The line blends every source we read for it, each listed below with its own figures, and 4 independent sources rose with it.
- -35%in 3 monthsJun 2026 to this week
- +110%in 1 yearSep 2025 to this week
- +261%in 2 yearsSep 2024 to this week
Each figure compares overall interest at the end of the window with its start.
Who searches for it, and why
Codex refers mainly to OpenAI Codex, OpenAI's AI coding agent, available as a command-line tool, a desktop app, an IDE extension and inside ChatGPT. The keyword is ambiguous, since codex also means an old manuscript book and names games, but the related searches are almost all about OpenAI. People search it to install it on Windows, Mac or Linux, check pricing and compare it with Claude Code. In practice professional developers and students use it to write, fix and review code. It is a major product in the competitive AI coding market, relevant mainly to tools built around these agents.
Most people search it to learn about it.
Where it's searched most
Interest in codex by US state, against the busiest state.
- Wyoming100
- Washington61
- California56
- Utah43
- Kansas38
- District of Columbia38
- Oregon34
- Massachusetts33
- Colorado32
- Virginia31
What people ask about codex
Questions
- how to codex
- how to codex cli
- how to codex in vs code
- how to codex remote control
- how to codex resume
- how to codex auto mode
Best
- best codex plugins
- best codex model
- best codex skills
- best codex model for coding
- best codex pets
- best codex alternative
Compared
- codex vs claude code
- codex vs claude
- codex vs cursor
- codex vs opencode
- codex vs copilot
- codex cost vs claude code
Cost
- codex for free
- codex cost
- codex cost per month
- codex cost per token
- codex cost per credit
- codex cost india
Near me
- codex near me
- codec near me
- cocktail codex near me
- midori codex near me
Alternatives
- codex alternatives
- codex alternative for gemini
- codex alternative from google
- codex alternative open source
Apps and tools
- codex app
- codex app linux
- codex app download
- codex app windows
- codex app server
- codex app macos
For whom
- codex for linux
- codex for mac
- codex for windows
- codex for students
- codex for open source
Also searched
- codex vscode
- codex cli
- codex dots
- codex openai
- codex mortis
- codex how to use
What's built around it
The apps, code and videos codex already has: where the market is, and where it isn't yet.
Sources
The chart is the Next Big Pulse: every source with a weekly or monthly reading for codex, blended into one line of overall interest. A trend counts only when independent sources confirm the rise, each read against what every other search we track did there.
- Google web search76%since Sep 2021
- Wikipedia views24%since Oct 2023
- News coverage (GDELT)1%since Oct 2025
Confidence: high, three or more steady sources carry the line lately. How the grade works
| Source | Rose with it | This search, in a year | The typical search there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing searches | Rose | More than for the typical search there. Named, not quoted: its licence. | |
| Wikipedia views | No rise above typical | ||
| Bluesky posts | Rose | +622%weekly average, on the year before | +21%the typical search there |
| Hacker News mentions | Rose | +1,180%weekly average, on the year before | +15%the typical search there |
| Research papers | No rise above typical | ||
| New York Times articles | No rise above typical | ||
| News attention (GDELT) | Rose | More than for the typical search there. Named, not quoted: its licence. | |
Google web search on its own: +296% in a year.
Searches a month, cost per click and ranking difficulty are Google Ads keyword estimates for the US, counting every meaning of the words.
Google's index for it sat level for years and then jumped about 9.1× within the last one, the shape a change in Google's counting leaves, but a source outside Google rose with it, so the rise is confirmed: Hacker News mentions (codex): 1,314 → 16,819 out of 100 (weekly average), +1180% on the year against a library median of +15%; Bluesky posts (codex): 59 → 426 out of 100 (weekly average), +622% on the year against a library median of +21%; Bing searches (codex (Bing, US)): 9,605 → 101,531 searches a month, +957% on the year against a library median of -6%.
The same search on Google Trends · How we read every source
Projections are Next Big's forecasts from public search data. They aren't financial, investment, trading or medical advice.
Questions
Is codex still popular in 2026?
Yes. Overall interest in codex is up +110% on a year ago, though down 35% over the last three months.
How many people search for codex?
About 368,000 searches a month in the US, an estimate that counts every meaning of the words. It's searched most, for its size, in Wyoming.
When do searches for codex peak?
It doesn't follow a season. Its busiest week in five years was in May 2026.
Will codex keep growing?
Next Big's projection gives a 10 in 10 chance it's higher in six months, likely between +21% and +124%. Over 12 months its middle is +31%. It's a forecast from public search data, not advice.
What's rising alongside codex?
The searches rising fastest with it are antigravity, strixhaven codex and gpt 5.3 codex: often the next wave inside a trend.
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