AI’s impact on Stack Overflow usage — Community data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Developer Survey 2026

Question

How has AI changed your Stack Overflow usage? Select all that apply.

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v2026.1

Data

	Respondents	Percent
Visit less for simple questions	10,892	64.1%
Ask fewer questions	4,910	28.9%
Contribute less	4,496	26.5%
No change	3,704	21.8%
Visit more for verification (for example, source attribution)	2,707	15.9%
Other	1,084	6.4%
Ask more advanced questions	967	5.7%
Visit SO more because AI-generated answers lead you there	965	5.7%
Contribute more	203	1.2%

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Stack Exchange Inc. (2026). “AI’s impact on Stack Overflow usage”. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026. Licensed under ODbL 1.0. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/community/data/so-change

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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Visit less for simple questions | 10,892 | 64.1% |
| Ask fewer questions | 4,910 | 28.9% |
| Contribute less | 4,496 | 26.5% |
| No change | 3,704 | 21.8% |
| Visit more for verification (for example, source attribution) | 2,707 | 15.9% |
| Other | 1,084 | 6.4% |
| Ask more advanced questions | 967 | 5.7% |
| Visit SO more because AI-generated answers lead you there | 965 | 5.7% |
| Contribute more | 203 | 1.2% |

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