Programming share of AI
How much AI use is coding?
Contributes to: Is it being used to build?. Signal score: 26 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
StatusFalling
Latest value26%
Year over year-36%
Distance from high-59%
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.
Observed trend
Estimated share of OpenRouter tokens used for programming, in percent, per month.
Estimated share of OpenRouter tokens used for programming, in percent, per month. · 2025-05 – 2026-10
View data table
| Period / observation | Estimated share of OpenRouter tokens used for programming, in percent, per month. |
|---|---|
| 2025-05 | 10 |
| 2025-06 | 59 |
| 2025-07 | 40 |
| 2025-08 | 33 |
| 2025-09 | 51 |
| 2025-10 | 41 |
| 2025-11 | 37 |
| 2025-12 | 36 |
| 2026-01 | 32 |
| 2026-02 | 42 |
| 2026-03 | 50 |
| 2026-04 | 35 |
| 2026-05 | 32 |
| 2026-06 | 49 |
| 2026-07 | 49 |
| 2026-08 | 63 |
| 2026-09 | 50 |
| 2026-10 | 26 |
What it measures
- Metric
- Share of OpenRouter tokens estimated to be programming, latest full month
- Solved if
- Most AI use goes into writing software
- Signal score
- 26 / 100. About 26% of OpenRouter tokens are programming. How it is scored
- Status rule
- Rising when programming takes a larger share of tokens than a year before.
Update history
The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 26% | -36% | Falling |
| 2026-11-01 | 26% | -36% | Falling |
Source
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter programming and app data | Scored measurement | Programming tokens and tokens by coding app | 2026-10 |