{
  "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
      }
    ]
  }
}