Nate's AI Token Burn

Daily token volume across Codex, Claude, and ChatGPT, shown in Pacific time. Claude and ChatGPT include estimated chat activity where exact chat tokens are unavailable.

Daily token burn

Weekly total line: log y-scale; daily cells: log color scale
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Date Burn Moment Driver

What is driving the burn?

Sorted dot plot; observed Codex groups plus separated Claude and ChatGPT estimates
Work family Tokens Share Evidence
Tool Today Last 7 days Last 30 days Peak day Active days 30d shape

Scale equivalents

Fermi estimates from the current total token burn
Measure Estimate Equivalent Basis

30-day moving average

Date Total Codex Claude ChatGPT Claude exact Claude chat est. ChatGPT export ChatGPT activity Codex threads Claude calls