2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results
8 months ago
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- The 2025 Developer Survey received over 49,000 responses from 177 countries, covering 314 technologies.
- OpenAI GPT is the most admired AI model, while Anthropic's Claude Sonnet ranks second.
- 46% of developers distrust AI tool accuracy, with only 3% highly trusting outputs.
- Positive sentiment for AI tools dropped to 60% in 2025 from 70%+ in previous years.
- Cargo (Rust's build tool) is the most admired cloud development tool (71%).
- GitHub overtakes Jira as the most desired collaboration tool.
- Top reasons for rejecting technology: privacy concerns, pricing, and better alternatives.
- Python adoption grew by 7 percentage points in 2025, driven by AI and data science.
- 66% of developers are frustrated with 'almost right' AI solutions.
- 45% of developers have been coding for less than 10 years.
- 69% of AI agent users report increased productivity, but only 17% see improved team collaboration.
- 45% of US developers work remotely, the highest among surveyed countries.
- USA, Germany, and India are the top countries responding to the survey.
- 84% of developers use or plan to use AI tools, up from 76% last year.
- 24% of developers are happy at work, up from 20% last year.
- Younger developers prefer interactive content formats like chats and coding challenges.
- Architect is the fourth most popular developer role in 2025.
- Stack Overflow is increasingly used for AI-related problem-solving (35% of visits).
- Visual Studio and VS Code remain the top IDEs for the fourth year.
- 52% of developers do not use AI agents, and 38% have no plans to adopt them.