---
title: "Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/research-quantifying-github-copilot-s-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness-gk6ukuf8c
source_url: https://github.blog/2022-09-07-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2022-09-07T16:02:59.548Z
updated: 2022-09-07T16:02:59.488Z
tags: ["github"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 22
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 7 min read · 22 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Researchers surveyed more than 2,000 developers to learn at scale about their experience using the tool. Between 60-75% of users reported they feel more fulfilled with their job, feel less frustrated when coding.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.blog/2022-09-07-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@afcm** · 1 upvotes

> Pretty interesting

**@muhammadanas707** · 0 upvotes

> Not bad.

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