# Quora opens Poe to the public

> Poe drew an estimated 253,530 mobile downloads in its first public month.

- Owner: Quora
- Kind: App & software
- Sector: Technology
- Seed date: 2023-02-03
- Peak proxy date: Week of Feb 6, 2023
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 27 (Niche), v1.3
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Pairing, Newsjacking

## Summary

Quora opened Poe on iOS in February 2023, offering access to several AI bots. Users discussed the service online, while estimated mobile installs exceeded 18.4 million by October.

## Timeline

- 2022-12-21 — TechCrunch (Press) — TechCrunch reported that Poe was an invite-only iOS app.
- 2023-02-03 — Quora (App stores) — Quora opened Poe to the public on iOS with bots from OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Week of Feb 6, 2023 — Peak proxy: TechCrunch (Press) — TechCrunch covered the public launch; this press-week anchor is a proxy, not a measured peak.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/quora-poe-ai-chatbot-launch-2023

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Quora opens Poe to the public.” Case HIS-01951. Spread Score v1.3: 27/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01951