84%About 8 in 10of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024
84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024 (2025, Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey)
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84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024 (2025).
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Why you can trust it. Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 49,000+ responses from 177 countries; self-selected online survey.
84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024
Data period
2025 (ends 29 Jul 2025)
Published by the source
29 Jul 2025
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49,000+ responses from 177 countries; self-selected online survey.
In the source's words
84% of respondents are using or planning to use AI tools in their development process, an increase over last year (76%).
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/ai (n = 33,662). Matches data.js. Fielding dates not on page; period end set to the 29 Jul 2025 release date (stackoverflow.co press release).
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Survey data under the Open Database Licence (ODbL 1.0). Self-selected online survey, mostly Stack Overflow users; not a random sample of all developers. Question wording changes between years.
Next expected update
31 Oct 2027 (Stack Overflow, yearly (2026 results 6 Oct 2026))
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Stack Overflow. (2025). 84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/developers-using-or-planning-ai-tools-2025
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"84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024." Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/developers-using-or-planning-ai-tools-2025.
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What is the latest figure for AI tools (Global)?
84% of developers used or planned to use AI tools in their development process in 2025, up from 76% in 2024, for 2025, according to Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow Developer Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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