{"id": 1352749, "name": "Share of professional software developers using AI tools", "unit": "%", "createdAt": "2026-10-19T11:03:02.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T11:03:02.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2023-2026", "datasetId": 8230, "shortUnit": "%", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "yes_overall", "catalogPath": "grapher/artificial_intelligence/2026-10-19/stackoverflow_ai_usage/stackoverflow_ai_usage#yes_overall", "descriptionShort": "Share of professional developers who said they use AI tools in their work in the annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey.", "descriptionProcessing": "We calculate the share from the answers of each respondent, which Stack Overflow publishes. For each year, we keep the professional developers who answered the question, and divide the number who use AI tools by the total.", "type": "float", "patchConfigIdETL": "01a153d4-45d6-7748-99a3-86b6715f0d0f", "datasetName": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey \u2013 AI tool usage", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-10-19", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%", "shortUnit": "%", "roundingMode": "significantFigures", "numSignificantFigures": 2}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"attributionShort": "Stack Overflow", "attribution": "Stack Overflow (2023\u20132026)", "topicTagsLinks": ["Artificial Intelligence"]}, "descriptionKey": "- Respondents chose to take part in the survey, which Stack Overflow promotes mainly through its own website, blog, and email list. They are not a random sample: people who use Stack Overflow often are more likely to see the survey, so the results may not represent all developers worldwide.\n- From 2023 to 2025, the survey asked \u201cDo you currently use AI tools in your development process?\u201d In 2025, the \u201cyes\u201d answer was split by how often people use AI tools (daily, weekly, or monthly or less often); we count all of them as using AI tools.\n- In 2026, the question became \u201cDo you currently use AI tools or AI agents in your role at work?\u201d, and respondents ticked the kinds of AI tools they use (such as coding assistants or chat tools) or \u201cI don\u2019t use AI tools\u201d. We count everyone who ticked at least one kind of tool as using AI tools.\n- From 2023 to 2025, professional developers are respondents who described themselves as \u201ca developer by profession\u201d. The 2026 survey no longer asked this, so for 2026 we use respondents who said they \u201ccreate code as a primary part of [their] job\u201d.", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}, {"id": 2026}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 28187, "title": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023", "description": "The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual online survey of people who write code, run by Stack Overflow since 2011. It asks about the tools people use, how they learn, how they work, and, since 2023, whether and how they use AI tools.\n\nAnyone can take part, and Stack Overflow promotes the survey mainly through its own website, blog, and email list. Respondents are therefore people who chose to answer, not a random sample of developers worldwide.\n\nStack Overflow publishes the answers of each respondent, without identifying information, alongside summary results on its website.", "producer": "Stack Overflow", "citationFull": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023, Stack Exchange Inc. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "attributionShort": "Stack Overflow", "urlMain": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "urlDownload": "https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/StackExchange/Survey/main/packages/archive/2023/results.csv", "dateAccessed": "2026-10-19", "datePublished": "2023-06-13", "license": {"url": "https://github.com/StackExchange/Survey/tree/main/packages/archive#licence", "name": "ODbL 1.0"}}, {"id": 28188, "title": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024", "description": "The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual online survey of people who write code, run by Stack Overflow since 2011. It asks about the tools people use, how they learn, how they work, and, since 2023, whether and how they use AI tools.\n\nAnyone can take part, and Stack Overflow promotes the survey mainly through its own website, blog, and email list. Respondents are therefore people who chose to answer, not a random sample of developers worldwide.\n\nStack Overflow publishes the answers of each respondent, without identifying information, alongside summary results on its website.", "producer": "Stack Overflow", "citationFull": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024, Stack Exchange Inc. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "attributionShort": "Stack Overflow", "urlMain": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "urlDownload": "https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/StackExchange/Survey/main/packages/archive/2024/results.csv", "dateAccessed": "2026-10-19", "datePublished": "2024-07-24", "license": {"url": "https://github.com/StackExchange/Survey/tree/main/packages/archive#licence", "name": "ODbL 1.0"}}, {"id": 28189, "title": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025", "description": "The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual online survey of people who write code, run by Stack Overflow since 2011. It asks about the tools people use, how they learn, how they work, and, since 2023, whether and how they use AI tools.\n\nAnyone can take part, and Stack Overflow promotes the survey mainly through its own website, blog, and email list. Respondents are therefore people who chose to answer, not a random sample of developers worldwide.\n\nStack Overflow publishes the answers of each respondent, without identifying information, alongside summary results on its website.", "producer": "Stack Overflow", "citationFull": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025, Stack Exchange Inc. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "attributionShort": "Stack Overflow", "urlMain": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "urlDownload": "https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/StackExchange/Survey/main/packages/archive/2025/results.csv", "dateAccessed": "2026-10-19", "datePublished": "2025-07-29", "license": {"url": "https://github.com/StackExchange/Survey/tree/main/packages/archive#licence", "name": "ODbL 1.0"}}, {"id": 28190, "title": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026", "description": "The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual online survey of people who write code, run by Stack Overflow since 2011. It asks about the tools people use, how they learn, how they work, and, since 2023, whether and how they use AI tools.\n\nAnyone can take part, and Stack Overflow promotes the survey mainly through its own website, blog, and email list. Respondents are therefore people who chose to answer, not a random sample of developers worldwide.\n\nStack Overflow publishes the answers of each respondent, without identifying information, alongside summary results on its website.", "producer": "Stack Overflow", "citationFull": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026, Stack Exchange Inc. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "attributionShort": "Stack Overflow", "urlMain": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/", "urlDownload": "https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/StackExchange/Survey/main/packages/archive/2026/survey_results_public.csv", "dateAccessed": "2026-10-19", "datePublished": "2026-10-13", "license": {"url": "https://github.com/StackExchange/Survey/tree/main/packages/archive#licence", "name": "ODbL 1.0"}}]}