| { |
| "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 |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
| } |
