--- title: The results of the 2026 Developer Survey are here! description: Stack Overflow's 2026 Developer Survey drew over 30,000 respondents and covers work habits, technology rankings, AI adoption, and community trust. Only 18% of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-results-of-the-2026-developer-survey-are-here--bux72vf04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The results of the 2026 Developer Survey are here! | daily.dev og:description: Stack Overflow's 2026 Developer Survey drew over 30,000 respondents and covers work habits, technology rankings, AI adoption, and community trust. Only 18% of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-results-of-the-2026-developer-survey-are-here--bux72vf04 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bux72vf04.png og:image:alt: The results of the 2026 Developer Survey are here! 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. # The results of the 2026 Developer Survey are here! **[Stack Overflow Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/stackov)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Stack Overflow's 2026 Developer Survey drew over 30,000 respondents and covers work habits, technology rankings, AI adoption, and community trust. Only 18% of developers go into offices daily, and solo-organization workers jumped from 4% to 10%. SQL overtook HTML/CSS for second place among technologies, and Rust climbed to 12th most used language. Anthropic and OpenAI are nearly tied as top AI model providers, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot the most-used agents. 73% of AI coding tool users engage daily, and 62% view AI positively overall. AI is reshaping how developers seek answers, with 70% now asking AI versus 83% still using search engines, while Stack Overflow visits for simple questions have declined. Developers prioritize quality over cost when choosing AI models, and most organizations have implemented some form of AI cost controls. ## 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 AI coding assistants daily according to recent survey data? 73% of respondents who use AI coding assistants or agents use them daily. A third of daily AI tool users spend four or more hours per day using AI. Positive sentiment toward AI rises with usage: 62% of all respondents view AI at least somewhat positively, climbing to 71% among daily users. _daily.dev helps developers track how AI coding adoption and sentiment are shifting across the industry._ ### Which AI coding agents are developers using the most, Claude Code or GitHub Copilot? Claude Code leads with 66% usage among developers who use AI coding agents, followed by GitHub Copilot at 59%. Among AI tool categories overall, 66% of users rely on coding agents and 63% use chatbots. Developers primarily use these tools for generating code in familiar areas (67%) and debugging (61%), rather than production deployment tasks (20%). _Comparing agent adoption numbers like these helps developers on daily.dev decide which AI coding tool fits their workflow._ ### Has Rust's popularity among programming languages increased recently? Rust moved up to become the 12th most used programming language in a 2026 developer survey of over 30,000 respondents, continuing an upward trend in rankings. SQL also passed HTML/CSS to take the number two spot in the same rankings, while the overall top ten languages remained largely stable. _Developers weighing whether to invest time in rust can follow adoption trends like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@oungseiknyan** · 0 upvotes > Wait what! 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