Thanks to whichever mod fixed the thread title!
According to this article:
Google Pixel sales are strong at Verizon as big advertising spend continues | Android Central...
... Pixels are accounting for 7.5% of all phone activations at Verizon since their launch. Factor in the fact that there's been some availability issues at Verizon as well, that's pretty darn impressive.
It would be really interesting to see what percentage share the competitive flagships are taking (iPhone 7 & 7 Plus, Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge, LG V10 & V20, and HTC 10), particularly in light of the fact that Google has been suffering more issues of availability than most - and taking into account that those other flagships are
not dividing up the remaining 92.5% as many of those phone activations are going to any number of the more affordable phone options Verizon has available.
Not trying to say "OMG GOOGLE IS KILLING THEM ALL IN SALES" as (1) I doubt it's outselling all of them (though I suspect it is outselling some), and (2) Verizon is clearly pushing them pretty hard, but given that to the folks walking into the stores it's still pretty much an unknown brand to them as far as wireless devices goes I think it definitely legitimizes them as a real competitor, even at the price at which Google has opted to introduce them.