AI tool usage frequency — AI data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

AI coding assistants have become habitual: 73% of their users use them daily. Internal company tools trail at 48% daily and 21% infrequently.

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Question

How often do you use each of these AI tools or AI agents in your role at work?

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Data

	Daily	Weekly	Monthly or Infrequent
AI coding assistants or coding agents	73.0%	20.1%	6.2%
General-purpose AI chat tools	65.6%	26.8%	7.0%
AI agents or automated workflows	63.1%	25.5%	10.3%
Internal AI tools built by my company	47.7%	30.2%	20.7%

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Stack Exchange Inc. (2026). “AI tool usage frequency”. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026. Licensed under ODbL 1.0. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/ai/data/ai-freq

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|  | Daily | Weekly | Monthly or Infrequent |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| AI coding assistants or coding agents | 73.0% | 20.1% | 6.2% |
| General-purpose AI chat tools | 65.6% | 26.8% | 7.0% |
| AI agents or automated workflows | 63.1% | 25.5% | 10.3% |
| Internal AI tools built by my company | 47.7% | 30.2% | 20.7% |

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