--- title: AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends | daily.dev description: JetBrains' Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026, covering over 15,000 professional developers, finds that 90% now use AI coding agents at work at least weekly, with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-coding-agents-adoption-trends-qx3t0tttk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends | daily.dev og:description: JetBrains' Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026, covering over 15,000 professional developers, finds that 90% now use AI coding agents at work at least weekly, with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-coding-agents-adoption-trends-qx3t0tttk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QX3T0tTTK.png og:image:alt: AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends **[JetBrains](https://daily.dev/sources/jetbrains)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JetBrains' Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026, covering over 15,000 professional developers, finds that 90% now use AI coding agents at work at least weekly, with 68% using them daily. Claude Code has surged to become the most widely adopted tool at 39% globally (47% in the US), overtaking GitHub Copilot, which dropped from 29% to 21% adoption. Codex grew roughly 5x to 16% adoption while awareness jumped from 27% to 65%. Cursor's adoption slipped slightly to 12%, with the steepest decline in China. OpenCode reached 7% adoption with strong mindshare, Google Antigravity held steady at 6% with rising awareness (especially in India), and JetBrains AI/Junie reached about 9% adoption. JetBrains also highlights its Agent Client Protocol, the in-preview Air agentic environment, and JetBrains Central for managing agent workflows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of developers use Claude Code at work now compared to GitHub Copilot? Around 39% of professional developers worldwide use Claude Code at work as of May–July 2026, roughly double GitHub Copilot's 21% adoption over the same period. Claude Code grew from 18% adoption in January 2026, while Copilot declined from 29% a year earlier, ceding its former market leadership despite still holding 79% awareness among developers. _Compare shifting AI coding agent adoption data like this on daily.dev before picking a tool for your team._ ### How fast is Codex adoption growing among developers compared to GitHub Copilot and Cursor? Codex adoption grew roughly 5x, from 3% of developers worldwide in January 2026 to 16% by May–July 2026, while awareness of Codex jumped from 27% to 65% in the same period. By comparison, Cursor's adoption actually declined from 18% to 12%, with the sharpest drop in China, falling from 28% to 16%. _Track fast-moving adoption shifts between coding agents like this on daily.dev when weighing new tools._ ### What percentage of professional developers use AI coding agents weekly or daily as of mid-2026? 90% of professional developers were using AI coding agents at work at least weekly as of May–July 2026, with 68% using them daily. This data comes from a globally representative survey of more than 15,000 professional developers conducted by JetBrains' Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026. _Keep up with how fast AI agent usage is becoming standard practice by following coding trends on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The AI Agent Race Is On. 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