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Progression of how developers engage with AI
Trends amongst professional software developers, Q1 2024 to Q1 2026
This report examines how professional software developers’ engagement with artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved between Q1 2024 and Q1 2026. We first look at the overall state of AI engagement in Q1 2026 and then assess how that picture has changed over time. We then focus on developers who are adding AI functionality to applications to understand what types of models they are using and what this may indicate about the direction of the market.
Results are based on data collected from a combined pool of over 47,000 professional developers over six waves of our global Developer Nation survey1. More information about how the survey was conducted can be found in the Methodology section at the end of this report.
1Sample sizes per wave: 7,380 (Q1 2024); 7,567 (Q3 2024); 4,933 (Q4 2024); 8,175 (Q1 2025); 9,540 (Q3 2025); 10,278 (Q1 2026).