勒伊拉・加拉尼最初只将 Excel 当作基础计算工具，但在企业流程优化工作中，她逐步转向构建财务模型与运用像 SUM 与 LAMBDA 这样的高级函数，并依赖 Power Query 进行数据清理。十年前她以顾问身份独立工作时主攻像 Hyperion 这样的高端财务软件，但企业持续要求她解决 Excel 相关问题，反映出该软件在金融部门的普遍性与不可替代性。她随后成为主要的 Excel 内容创作者，YouTube 频道 XelPlus 拥有近三百万订阅者，热门影片动辄数百万观看量，并透过课程、会员与商品带来收入。
与她并列的 Excel 媒体账号包括拥有四百一十万 Instagram 关注者的 Your Excel Dictionary、YouTube 的 excelisfun（130 万）与 TikTok 的 Miss Excel（96 万），以及拥有七十万成员的 Reddit 社群和每年在拉斯维加斯举办、附带 ESPN 转播的 Excel 世界锦标赛。技能水平近年来显著提升，2024 年冠军 Michael Jarman 指出现代选手在挑战中运用更成熟的 LAMBDA 工具箱，这在 2025 年的折纸建模赛中尤为突出。Excel 的持续盛行体现其四十余年的产品生命周期所形成的生态系统，对顾问、开发者与 IT 角色产生长久结构性影响。
尽管 PC 的中心地位已不如 1985 年，但 Excel 仍是从对冲基金现金流建模到选举预测的关键工具，并广泛用于家庭预算与日常管理。美国国防部购买了两百万个 Microsoft 365 授权，而企业端订阅在 2025 年达到八百八十亿美元（原始数值：$88B），另有七十亿美元来自其他用户，推算付费 Excel 用户约五亿人。Excel 被嵌入微软的整体产品结构中，使其成为支撑近四万亿美元（原始数值：$4T）市值的核心组件。尽管面对 Google 与人工智能威胁，尚无竞争者能撼动其地位。
Leila Gharani initially viewed Excel as a basic calculator, but work in process optimization pushed her toward financial modeling and advanced functions such as SUM and LAMBDA, along with extensive use of Power Query for data cleanup. A decade ago, although she emphasized expertise in high-end tools such as Hyperion, companies continued asking Excel questions, demonstrating the software’s entrenched role in finance. She later became a major Excel influencer; her YouTube channel XelPlus has nearly 3 million subscribers, with top videos reaching millions of views and generating revenue through courses, memberships, and merchandise.
Comparable Excel media accounts include Your Excel Dictionary with 4.1 million Instagram followers, excelisfun with 1.3 million on YouTube, and Miss Excel with 960,000 on TikTok, alongside a 700,000-member Reddit community and an annual Las Vegas Excel World Championship broadcast by ESPN. Skill levels have risen sharply, with 2024 champion Michael Jarman noting increasingly refined LAMBDA toolsets, showcased in the 2025 origami-modeling event. Excel’s longevity reflects a four-decade ecosystem that has shaped consultants, developers, and IT operations at scale.
Although the PC is no longer as central as in 1985, Excel remains essential for hedge-fund modeling, election forecasting, and widespread household tasks. The US Department of War holds 2 million Microsoft 365 licenses, and enterprise subscriptions reached $88 billion in 2025, with another $7 billion from other users, implying roughly 500 million paying Excel users. Integrated into Microsoft’s product structure, it underpins a valuation approaching $4 trillion. Despite pressure from Google and emerging AI tools, no competitor has mounted a serious challenge.