---
title: "AI tool usage frequency — AI data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/ai/data/ai-freq
year: 2026
chapter: "ai"
question: "AIFreq"
section: "AI usage"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# AI tool usage frequency

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

Asked as: How often do you use each of these AI tools or AI agents in your role at work? (`AIFreq`, scale, optional, v2026.1)

## Options offered

1. AI coding assistants or coding agents
2. General-purpose AI chat tools
3. AI agents or automated workflows
4. Internal AI tools built by my company

## Results

_Overall: Daily users - 77%, / Weekly = 18% / Monthly/Infreq. = 5%_

### All Respondents

n = 14,478

|  | 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% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/ai/data.md