--- title: Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a... description: Microsoft's Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the quarter ending in September and more than five times over the past year, CEO Satya Nadella said.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a year, Nadella says | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft's Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the quarter ending in September and more than five times over the past year, CEO Satya Nadella said.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/In2CSqoCF.png og:image:alt: Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a year, Nadella says og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a year, Nadella says **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft's Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the quarter ending in September and more than five times over the past year, CEO Satya Nadella said. Microsoft still didn't disclose how many people pay for it. Customers with over 50,000 Copilot seats grew eight times year over year, and usage-based Copilot payers grew more than 75% this quarter. Nadella also pointed to GitHub Copilot Fusion, which he said delivers frontier-level quality at up to 77% lower cost, and said more than 50 million AI agents now run in Agent 365, up 30% quarter over quarter. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Microsoft Copilot's daily active users grow in the most recent quarter? Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the three months ending in September, and more than five times compared to a year earlier, according to Satya Nadella on Microsoft's earnings call. Microsoft did not disclose a new total count of paying Copilot users. Customers with more than 50,000 Copilot seats grew eight times year over year. _Teams weighing Copilot adoption at scale can track these growth and pricing signals on daily.dev._ ### What is GitHub Copilot Fusion and how much cheaper is it? GitHub Copilot Fusion is a feature announced by Microsoft that delivers frontier-level AI quality at up to 77% lower cost, according to Satya Nadella. It was announced the same morning as Microsoft's Q1 earnings call discussing Copilot's growth. Details beyond cost and quality claims were not elaborated by Nadella. _Developers comparing AI coding assistant pricing can follow cost-saving releases like this on daily.dev._ ### What is Microsoft Agent 365 and which AI coding agents use it? Agent 365 is Microsoft's system for securing and governing AI agents, with more than 50 million agents now running on it, up 30% quarter over quarter. OpenAI Codex, Anthropic's Claude Code, and Meta Muse are adopting it. A feature called Perception enforces identity, permissions, monitoring, and containment outside the AI model itself, separating intelligence from authority. _Developers securing agentic coding workflows can keep up with governance frameworks like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-says-it-has-over-20m-paid-copilot-users-and-they-really-are-using-it-7wtucggqs) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft is merging its Copilots into one AI super app](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-merging-its-copilots-into-one-ai-super-app-f2ckdhaiq) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Despite canning the Copilot\+ brand, "most people love" its AI assistant, says Microsoft](https://daily.dev/posts/despite-canning-the-copilot-brand-most-people-love-its-ai-assistant-says-microsoft-mlwmhetsa) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#microsoft-copilot](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-copilot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a year, Nadella says","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T19:39:39.029Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T19:42:55.819Z","description":"Microsoft's Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the quarter ending in September and more than five times over the past year, CEO Satya Nadella said....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42dd73ec38b4e5eed7d3c87a818d43ee?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/42dd73ec38b4e5eed7d3c87a818d43ee?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,microsoft,github,microsoft-copilot","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microsoft’s Copilot daily users grew five times in a year, Nadella says"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-copilot-daily-users-grew-five-times-in-a-year-nadella-says-in2csqocf#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much did Microsoft Copilot's daily active users grow in the most recent quarter?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Copilot daily users grew nearly 50% in the three months ending in September, and more than five times compared to a year earlier, according to Satya Nadella on Microsoft's earnings call. 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