Excel MCP Server usage statistics¶
Excel MCP Server lets GitHub Copilot, Claude, and other AI assistants automate the real Microsoft Excel application. This public report shows how the open-source project is used and where reliability can improve.
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Anonymous public report
This page shows broad usage patterns, not individual activity. Names, file details, locations, and the content of workbooks are never included.
Last updated: Aug 28, 2026
Period covered: May 30, 2026 to Aug 28, 2026
At a glance¶
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2,916 users
Used Excel MCP during the last 90 days.
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837,077 actions
Recorded across workbooks, cells, data, charts, and automation.
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60.34% returned
Used Excel MCP on at least two different days.
Usage over the last 12 complete weeks¶
Each bar is one full week, which makes changes easier to compare.
Release upgrades over time¶
Each column is one week; the final column is the current week so far. A user appears once, under the latest release they used that week. This makes it easy to see newer releases replace older ones without overall user growth changing the scale. Less common releases are grouped as Other.
The latest two weeks¶
The latest period is Aug 14, 2026 to Aug 28, 2026. It is compared with Jul 31, 2026 to Aug 14, 2026.
| Measure | Latest 14 days | Previous 14 days | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users | 1,280 | 1,107 | 15.63% |
| Actions | 282,279 | 201,195 | 40.3% |
What the numbers tell us¶
Summary written by GitHub Copilot
Copilot reads only the anonymous totals used to build this page. Its summary is checked automatically so it cannot add private details or numbers that are not in the report.
What changed¶
Over the last 90 days, 2,916 users asked Excel MCP to carry out 837,077 meaningful actions. 60.34 percent used it on at least two different days. This suggests that many people continue using the project after first trying it.
Growth remained strong in the latest 14 days. Users increased from 1,107 to 1,280, a rise of 15.63 percent. Actions increased from 201,195 to 282,279, a larger rise of 40.3 percent.
How well it worked¶
Categorized reliability begins with release 2.0.5. Earlier releases did not record the safe outcome labels needed to separate expected results from product failures, so their rows are not reclassified. There is not yet enough categorized data to describe release reliability.
How people use it¶
Tables and ranges account for 66.01 percent of meaningful actions. Worksheets and connections add 11.86 percent, while PivotTables and charts add 7.9 percent. Practical spreadsheet work is clearly the center of how people use Excel MCP.
Use also reaches specialist features. VBA macros account for 5.88 percent of actions, Power Query for 4.4 percent, and Power Pivot and DAX for 1.86 percent.
What we will improve¶
We will use the new categories to separate caller-correctable results, Excel or outside-service problems, and Excel MCP faults. Unknown failures will remain visible rather than being guessed. Excel performance work is deliberately deferred unless later evidence shows a problem owned by Excel MCP.
What people use most¶
The bars group actions by the main features highlighted on the Excel MCP homepage. The percentage is each feature's share of meaningful actions. Smaller capabilities are grouped as Other features.
| Homepage feature | Actions | Users | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tables & ranges | 507,748 | 2,608 | 66.01% |
| Worksheets & connections | 91,198 | 2,794 | 11.86% |
| PivotTables & charts | 60,780 | 1,514 | 7.9% |
| VBA macros | 45,216 | 780 | 5.88% |
| Power Query & M code | 33,876 | 450 | 4.4% |
| Power Pivot & DAX | 14,288 | 262 | 1.86% |
| Other features | 8,114 | 348 | 1.05% |
| Agent mode | 7,742 | 728 | 1.01% |
| Python in Excel | 179 | 44 | 0.02% |
Most common actions¶
| Action | Times used | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Read cell values | 129,152 | 2,208 |
| Write cell values | 83,557 | 1,854 |
| Write formulas | 38,898 | 1,044 |
| Find the used area | 31,744 | 2,027 |
| Format cells | 30,445 | 1,149 |
| Read formulas | 29,171 | 1,092 |
| List open workbooks | 24,079 | 2,111 |
| List worksheets | 23,234 | 2,392 |
Reliability measurement¶
Outcome classification starts with release 2.0.5 from Aug 28, 2026. Earlier rows did not contain these labels and are not guessed or rewritten.
A negative diagnostic result, such as finding that a workbook cannot be opened, is counted as an expected result rather than a product failure. Failures are grouped using fixed labels supplied by the software. Unknown labels remain visible as Unclassified failure.
Problems we are watching¶
No broadly shared background problem appeared during this period.
How this report protects privacy¶
The report is built from anonymous counts and percentages. We do not publish or give Copilot user or session codes, file fingerprints, locations, messages, workbook content, error messages, or technical error details.
Excel MCP never intentionally collects workbook contents, cell values, formulas, prompts, messages, file names or paths, names, email addresses, or account details. Read the full privacy policy.
You can inspect exactly how the report is built in Update-UsageAnalytics.ps1 and usage-analytics.yml.