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"schema": "modevc.chart.v1",
"slug": "ai-coding-assistant-statistics",
"title": "AI Coding Assistant Statistics: Use vs. Trust",
"date": "2026-10-09",
"canonical_url": "https://modevc.com/charts/ai-coding-assistant-statistics/",
"claim": "66% of developers use AI coding assistants, but only 48% trust AI output they can validate, a gap of 18 points. Agents reach 26%.",
"takeaway": "Developers adopted the assistant. The open job is making its code safe to merge.",
"sources": [
{
"name": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026",
"url": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/ai"
},
{
"name": "Official launch posts (launch feed)",
"url": "https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5"
},
{
"name": "Arena leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai, CC BY 4.0)",
"url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset"
}
],
"data": {
"type": "hbar",
"fmt": "pct",
"labelHead": "Survey item",
"valueHead": "Share of developers",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Use AI daily (AI tool users only)",
"v": 73
},
{
"label": "Use AI coding assistants",
"v": 66
},
{
"label": "Use general AI chat tools",
"v": 63
},
{
"label": "View AI at least somewhat positively",
"v": 62
},
{
"label": "Trust AI output they can validate",
"v": 48
},
{
"label": "Use AI agents or workflows",
"v": 26
}
]
}
} |