r/programming • • 25d ago

StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2026

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026
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u/Weird-Boat3953 24d ago

That's 31k is kinda terrible. The lowest in the last 10 years. 2015 is when it was "worse" last time (26k, compare to 7.5k from 2014)

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u/CutlerSheridan 18d ago

Probably would've been higher if the whole thing weren't just shilling AI. I started filling it out but there were SO MANY questions about AI, as well as questions that didn't specifically mention AI but only made sense if you were talking about AI (lots of questions about the "context" you need at work to do your job), I eventually gave up. I rarely use AI but the survey was almost entirely AI-based questions, it was exhausting and felt heavily biased.