Anthropic banned 11.4 million accounts in the first half of the year, a quarter-on-quarter increase of about 6.9 times.

PANews October 12 news: According to Anthropic's transparency report updated on July 23, in the first half of 2026 the platform cumulatively banned 11.4 million accounts, compared with 1.45 million in the second half of 2025, a quarter-over-quarter increase of about 6.9 times, with the scale of bans reaching nearly 7.9 times that of the previous statistical period. On the appeals side, during the same period Anthropic handled a total of 398,000 account-ban appeals, of which about 42,000 were successful and the original ban decisions were overturned, for an appeal approval rate of about 10.6%.

Anthropic explained that banned accounts mainly involved violations of usage policies, terms of service, or supported-region policies. The statistics cover all of the company's products and services and do not separately break out the Claude chat product and developer services.