JetBrains survey: 90% of professionals use an AI coding agent weekly, Claude Code leads
According to JetBrains, 90% of professional developers used an AI coding agent in some form at least weekly between May and July 2026. In heise's summary Claude Code is the most popular agent, while another report says 85% use AI regularly.
Who is affected and how
- CTO
- Agent use is widespread, so the realistic goal is managed adoption and policy rather than a ban.
- tech lead
- Your team's agent use needs to be assessed and regulated before shadow use develops.
- junior developer
- Using agents is a baseline expectation; the ability to verify their output is the distinguishing skill.
Sources
- AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends - The JetBrains Blogblog.jetbrains.com · Aug 18, 2026
- AI Coding Agents: Linear's New Report Reveals Massive Adoption Across Tech Teams | IAscopeiascope.eu · Aug 21, 2026
- 85% of developers use AI regularly: JetBrains survey explaineditechguides.com · Aug 18, 2026
- Claude Code now outruns Copilot roughly two to one in JetBrains' survey of 15,000 developers — Clarity Todaytheclarity.today · Aug 18, 2026
- JetBrains Survey: Claude Code is the most popular coding agent | heise onlineheise.de · Aug 19, 2026
- JetBrains-Umfrage: Claude Code ist der beliebteste Coding-Agent - Jetbrains | IT Nachrichtende.headtopics.com · Aug 19, 2026
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