{
  "notice": "Please credit \"Is software solved?\" and the sources listed in credits when you reuse these numbers. They are our own aggregates. For original records, go to each source.",
  "id": "programming-share",
  "name": "Programming share of AI",
  "question": "How much AI use is coding?",
  "metric": "Share of OpenRouter tokens estimated to be programming, latest full month",
  "solvedIf": "Most AI use goes into writing software",
  "value": "26%",
  "change": "-36%",
  "trend": [
    {
      "label": "2025-05",
      "value": 10
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-06",
      "value": 59
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-07",
      "value": 40
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-08",
      "value": 33
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-09",
      "value": 51
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-10",
      "value": 41
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-11",
      "value": 37
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-12",
      "value": 36
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-01",
      "value": 32
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-02",
      "value": 42
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-03",
      "value": 50
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-04",
      "value": 35
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-05",
      "value": 32
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-06",
      "value": 49
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-07",
      "value": 49
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-08",
      "value": 63
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-09",
      "value": 50
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-10",
      "value": 26
    }
  ],
  "trendLabel": "Estimated share of OpenRouter tokens used for programming, in percent, per month.",
  "caution": [
    "This covers one service, and developers may use it more than most people do, so it probably overstates the share across all AI.",
    "OpenRouter estimates this from a sample of traffic, so small changes can be noise."
  ],
  "score": 26,
  "scoreReason": "About 26% of OpenRouter tokens are programming.",
  "fromHigh": "-59% from high",
  "status": "Falling",
  "rule": "Rising when programming takes a larger share of tokens than a year before.",
  "direction": "away",
  "checks": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "value": "26%",
      "change": "-36%",
      "status": "Falling"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "value": "26%",
      "change": "-36%",
      "status": "Falling"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/signals/programming-share",
  "api": "/api/signals/programming-share.json",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "OpenRouter programming and app data",
      "url": "https://openrouter.ai/rankings",
      "signal": "programming-share",
      "license": "CC BY 4.0",
      "credit": "Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-11-01T09:28:31.358Z. Licensed under CC BY 4.0."
    }
  ]
}