What is the Anthropic Economic Index Cadences report?

Cadences is the June 2026 edition of Anthropic's recurring Economic Index, which uses Claude usage data to study how people use AI at work and at home. This edition adds hourly sampling, a new classifier that sorts conversation outputs into 30+ categories, and a survey that links what users say about AI to what they actually do with it.

What did Cadences find about when people use Claude?

Cadences shows Claude use shifts sharply by hour and day. Personal conversations rise from about 35% of chats on weekdays to about 50% on weekends. Sleep questions peak around 5 a.m., recipe questions peak around 6 p.m., and tax-related prompts jumped roughly eightfold around the April 15 U.S. filing deadline.

How is usage split between chat, Cowork, and API in Cadences?

Cadences is the first Economic Index edition to break out three surfaces separately — Claude.ai chat, the Cowork agent, and direct API traffic. Anthropic uses the split to show that the same model is being used for very different jobs: shorter conversational tasks in chat, long-running agent work in Cowork, and high-volume programmatic use through the API.

What do users in the Cadences survey expect from AI?

Over a third of Cadences survey respondents expect AI to handle most of their tasks within 12 months. The people delegating the most to Claude today are also the most optimistic about pay and job security, and more than half pick 'human-AI collaboration on meaningful work' as their top aspiration over full automation.

Anthropic · 2026-06-26 · major

Anthropic Economic Index: Cadences — Claude usage hour by hour

Anthropic's June 2026 Economic Index report, called Cadences, samples Claude usage by the hour. Personal chats rise from ~35% on weekdays to ~50% on weekends, sleep questions peak around 5 a.m., recipes around 6 p.m.

Anthropic Economic Index Cadences report cover illustration — Anthropic

Anthropic's June 2026 Economic Index zooms in on how Claude usage rises and falls hour by hour.

Key specs

Personal chats — weekend	~50%
Personal chats — weekday	~35%
Conversations with artifacts	93%
Wage / token use multiplier	2.5x

Quick facts

Maker	Anthropic
Series	Anthropic Economic Index
Edition	June 2026 — Cadences
Sampling	Hourly aggregated usage
Artifact classifier	30+ output categories
Surface split	Claude.ai chat, Cowork, API
Survey link	Anthropic Economic Index Survey

What is it?

Cadences is the latest Anthropic Economic Index report, a recurring study of how people use Claude. This edition adds higher-frequency sampling so usage can be measured hour by hour, a new artifact classifier that sorts conversation outputs into 30+ categories, and a survey that links what users say about AI to what they actually do with it.

How does it work?

The Cadences edition blends three new signals — hourly aggregated usage that exposes daily and weekly rhythms, an artifact classifier that tags outputs as explanations, documents, code, guidance, and 26 other types, and granular breakdowns that separate Claude.ai chat, the Cowork agent, and direct API traffic. The Economic Index Survey layers on top, linking user attitudes to actual usage through privacy-preserving methods.

Why does it matter?

Most AI usage data sits inside one company. Cadences makes the dataset legible for policy, press, and rival labs: 93% of conversations produce identifiable artifacts, higher-wage occupations consume about 2.5x more tokens than lower-wage ones, and over a third of surveyed users expect AI to handle most of their tasks within 12 months. The report is becoming the standing reference for 'how is Claude actually used' debates.

Who is it for?

policy researchers, economists, AI labs, journalists

Frequently asked questions

What is the Anthropic Economic Index Cadences report?: Cadences is the June 2026 edition of Anthropic's recurring Economic Index, which uses Claude usage data to study how people use AI at work and at home. This edition adds hourly sampling, a new classifier that sorts conversation outputs into 30+ categories, and a survey that links what users say about AI to what they actually do with it.
What did Cadences find about when people use Claude?: Cadences shows Claude use shifts sharply by hour and day. Personal conversations rise from about 35% of chats on weekdays to about 50% on weekends. Sleep questions peak around 5 a.m., recipe questions peak around 6 p.m., and tax-related prompts jumped roughly eightfold around the April 15 U.S. filing deadline.
How is usage split between chat, Cowork, and API in Cadences?: Cadences is the first Economic Index edition to break out three surfaces separately — Claude.ai chat, the Cowork agent, and direct API traffic. Anthropic uses the split to show that the same model is being used for very different jobs: shorter conversational tasks in chat, long-running agent work in Cowork, and high-volume programmatic use through the API.
What do users in the Cadences survey expect from AI?: Over a third of Cadences survey respondents expect AI to handle most of their tasks within 12 months. The people delegating the most to Claude today are also the most optimistic about pay and job security, and more than half pick 'human-AI collaboration on meaningful work' as their top aspiration over full automation.

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https://www.anthropic.com/research/economic-index-june-2026-report