Long-time users are losing patience with Microsoft. The company’s relentless push to integrate Copilot into every corner of its ecosystem has sparked a small riot in the community. The dissatisfaction has grown so intense that people have coined the term "Microslop,” which is a reference to AI slop, a popular slang term for low-quality AI-generated content on the internet.
Judging by the backlash, one might assume Microsoft has alienated a significant portion of its core audience and that an increasing number of users are turning their back on the company. However, recent numbers paint a more nuanced picture.
Microsoft recently reported financial results for FY26 Q2 (ended December 31, 2025), and the figures suggest that Copilot (and the company overall) is stronger than ever. The report reveals that Copilot now boasts over 15 million paid seats, with usage metrics accelerating across the board:
Here are more Copilot stats from the FY26 Q2 report:
- Microsoft now has 15 million paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats.
- Average Copilot conversations per user doubled YoY.
- Daily active users of the Copilot app increased 3x YoY.
- Daily active users of Microsoft 365 Copilot increased 10x YoY.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot seat adds were up 160% YoY.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot customers with more than 35,000 seats tripled YoY. In fact, Publicis alone purchased over 95,000 seats.
At first glance, these numbers suggest the "Microslop" complainers are merely a vocal minority, and that most people are fine with Microsoft’s recent endeavors. But multiple truths can coexist.
When viewed from a broader perspective, 15 million paid users is a drop in the ocean compared to Microsoft 365’s 450 million total commercial seats. That puts the "real" Copilot penetration at just 3.3%.
Critics also argue that the growth metrics are inflated by "forced" exposure. Copilot is now everywhere across Microsoft’s services, even in everyday applications like Notepad and Paint. This omnipresence makes the AI assistant nearly impossible to avoid. It’s unclear what percentage of those 15 million users are organic versus how many are simply a result of Copilot being on everyone’s desktop.
Nevertheless, assuming that all 15 million people were forced into using Copilot would be naive. But since Microsoft didn’t specify acquisition channels, we can only speculate. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
The report also hints that enterprise customers are looking at Copilot more favorably than regular users, as 90%+ of Fortune 500 companies are using at least some Copilot features. Microsoft is also signing high-profile deals with enterprise partners, which only adds to the total adoption of Copilot.
It is clear that moving forward, the company has to manage a difficult balance: keeping up with the demands of enterprise customers on one side, and appeasing unhappy consumers on the other. If Microsoft can’t achieve both, recent industry trends might offer a telling clue. If we draw a parallel to the global component shortage, where manufacturers are diverting capacity from consumer hardware to power AI data centers, it becomes obvious which side of the scale the company will ultimately choose.