Slack says half of its messages now come from apps and agents

Wednesday, 4 November 2026By Sridhar Mukkandi1 min read

Salesforce published Slack figures on 3 November, saying 50% of Slack messages are now from apps and agents, out of about 1 billion messages sent each day. It also reports 127 million MCP tool calls through Slack each week, doubling quarter over quarter, and 1.9 million people interacting with third-party agents in Slack weekly.

The post does not say how these figures were measured or over what period. It is part of Salesforce's own marketing, alongside the statement that 65% of code changes at Anthropic ship through Slack.

So what

When half the messages in a channel come from software, someone has to know which agent sent each one and who answers for it. Name an owner for every agent that posts.

SourceSalesforcewww.salesforce.com/news/stories/slack-stats/ Go deeper · EssayEvery agent needs an owner

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