dbotmakerthe decision bot

Machine readout · Software & AI

Vibe Coding Statistics 2026

This page collects published figures on vibe coding, the practice of building software by describing it to an AI model in plain language and accepting the generated code. It covers how many developers and non-developers work this way, how much code AI agents now write, which tools they use, how AI app builders such as Lovable, Replit, Cursor, Vercel v0, Base44 and Supabase-backed projects are growing, what those companies raised, and what controlled studies and security tests say about the output. Sources are developer surveys from Stack Overflow, JetBrains and Google Cloud's DORA program, GitHub platform data, company announcements, a randomized trial from METR and security testing from Veracode. Most figures describe 2025 and 2026 and are global unless stated.

Figures
52
Publishers
24
Updated
Nov 13, 2026

Quotable findings

By the DBotMaker research desk

  1. Finding 012025
    72%

    72% of developers in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey said vibe coding was not part of their professional development work, and another 5% said so emphatically.

    Source: Stack Overflow

  2. Finding 022026
    47%

    Professional developers surveyed by JetBrains in May to July 2026 said on average about 47% of their code was fully written by agents, 38% written with some AI assistance and 27% written fully by hand.

    Source: JetBrains

  3. Finding 032026
    66%

    Claude Code (66%) and GitHub Copilot (59%) were the most used coding agents among respondents to the 2026 Stack Overflow Developer Survey.

    Source: Stack Overflow

  4. Finding 042026
    60 million

    People created more than 60 million projects on Lovable between its November 2024 launch and August 2026, and Lovable-built apps drew over 900 million visits a month.

    Source: Lovable

  5. Finding 052026
    10 million

    Nearly 10 million developers built on Supabase in June 2026, more than double the count eight months earlier.

    Source: Supabase

  6. Finding 062025
    $1B

    Cursor crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue by November 2025, when it announced its Series D.

    Source: Cursor

  7. Finding 072025
    46%

    46% of developers in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey distrusted the accuracy of AI tools, compared with 33% who trusted it and 3% who highly trusted it.

    Source: Stack Overflow

  8. Finding 082025
    19%

    Experienced open-source developers in METR's early-2025 randomized trial took 19% longer to complete issues when allowed to use AI tools.

    Source: METR

  9. On file52figures in 6 channels, each with the exact source sentence.Browse allCSV

THE BOT'S SHORT ANSWER

Vibe coding is common among builders but still a minority practice in professional work: in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey 72% of developers said it was not part of their job, yet JetBrains found in mid-2026 that professional developers say about 47% of their code is fully written by agents. App builders grew fastest of all: Lovable passed $200 million in ARR one year after launch and raised at a $13.3 billion valuation in 2026, Cursor crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue, and Replit says it is on track for $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of 2026.

52 FIGURES · 24 PUBLISHERS · NOVEMBER 13, 2026

Reading the numbers

The term moved from a social media post to the dictionary in under a year: Collins named vibe coding its Word of the Year for 2025. Professional developers were slower to adopt the label than the tools. In Stack Overflow's 2025 survey, 84% of respondents used or planned to use AI tools, but 72% said vibe coding was not part of their professional work and another 5% rejected it emphatically. By 2026 the gap between the label and the practice had narrowed: Stack Overflow found 73% of respondents using coding assistants and agents daily, and JetBrains found 90% of professional developers using AI coding agents at least weekly.

The share of code written by AI rose quickly. JetBrains asked more than 15,000 professional developers in May to July 2026 how their code was produced and found that on average about 47% was fully written by agents, while over half wrote less than 20% of their code by hand. GitHub counted more than 1 million pull requests from its Copilot coding agent in its first months, and Supabase reports that more than 60% of new databases on its platform are launched by an AI tool, a sign that many new apps are scaffolded by agents rather than by people.

AI app builders produced some of the fastest revenue growth in software. Lovable reported $100 million in ARR in July 2025 and $200 million four months later, and its 2026 Series C valued it at $13.3 billion. Cursor crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue by November 2025, Anthropic's Claude Code reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue six months after public launch, and Replit raised at a $9 billion valuation in March 2026. Infrastructure that vibe-coded apps run on grew with them: Supabase says database launches grew 600% in a year, and Vercel reached a $9.3 billion valuation.

The evidence on quality is more mixed than the adoption numbers. More developers distrusted AI accuracy (46%) than trusted it (33%) in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey, and DORA found 30% of respondents had little or no trust in AI-generated code. A METR randomized trial in early 2025 found experienced open-source developers took 19% longer with AI tools while believing they were faster, and Veracode found security flaws in 45% of AI-generated code samples it tested. Revenue and usage figures here are company-reported and not audited, and survey samples differ in who they count as a developer.

Facts the bot knows

CH 01How many people vibe code

9 figures
  1. #0012025

    Collins Dictionary named vibe coding its Word of the Year for 2025, defining it as using AI prompted by natural language to write computer code.

    Collins Dictionary, Collins' Word of the Year 2025: AI meets authenticity as society shifts (Nov 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    That’s the essence of vibe coding , Collins’ Word of the Year 2025, a term that captures something fundamental about our evolving relationship with technology.
  2. #00284%

    84% of respondents to the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey used or planned to use AI tools in their development process, up from 76% in 2024.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    84% of respondents are using or planning to use AI tools in their development process, an increase over last year (76%).
  3. #00372%

    72% of developers in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey said vibe coding was not part of their professional development work, and another 5% said so emphatically.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Most respondents are not vibe coding (72%), and an additional 5% are emphatic it not being part of their development workflow.
  4. #00411.9%

    11.9% of developers answered a plain yes when Stack Overflow asked in 2025 whether vibe coding was part of their professional work, with 0.4% saying yes emphatically and 2.8% yes somewhat.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Yes, emphatically 0.4% Yes 11.9% Yes, somewhat 2.8% I have tried it 2.1% Not sure 1.2% No 72.2% No, emphatically 5.3%
  5. #00551%

    51% of professional developers in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey used AI tools daily.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    This year we can see 51% of professional developers use AI tools daily.
  6. #00673%

    73% of respondents to the 2026 Stack Overflow Developer Survey used coding assistants and agents every day.

    Stack Overflow, AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    The overwhelming majority of respondents now use coding assistants and agents daily (73%), with nearly a third of daily users spending upwards of four hours.
  7. #00731%

    31% of daily AI users in the 2026 Stack Overflow survey used AI for more than four hours per day.

    Stack Overflow, AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Of the over 70% of respondents who use AI daily, 31% use it over four hours per day.
  8. #00890%

    90% of technology professionals surveyed for Google Cloud's 2025 DORA report used AI at work.

    Google Cloud (DORA), Announcing the 2025 DORA Report (Sep 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    90% of survey respondents report using AI at work. More than 80% believe it has increased their productivity.
  9. #00985%

    85% of the 24,534 developers in JetBrains' State of Developer Ecosystem 2025 regularly used AI tools for coding, and 62% relied on at least one AI coding assistant, agent or code editor.

    JetBrains, The State of Developer Ecosystem 2025 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    AI is becoming a standard in developers’ lives: 85% of developers regularly use AI tools for coding and development, and 62% rely on at least one AI coding assistant, agent, or code editor.

Chart

Is vibe coding part of your professional work?

Share of all respondents to the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey who answered the vibe coding question; 4% of answers were uncategorized.

  • No72.2%
  • Yes11.9%
  • No, emphatically5.3%
  • Yes, somewhat2.8%
  • I have tried it2.1%
  • Not sure1.2%
  • Yes, emphatically0.4%

Source: Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

CH 02How much code AI writes

8 figures
  1. #01047%

    Professional developers surveyed by JetBrains in May to July 2026 said on average about 47% of their code was fully written by agents, 38% written with some AI assistance and 27% written fully by hand.

    JetBrains, How Much Code Do Developers Really Let Agents Write? (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    ~47% of their code is fully written by agents . ~38% is written with some AI assistance. ~27% is written fully manually.
  2. #01120%

    Over half of professional developers in JetBrains' 2026 survey wrote less than 20% of their code by hand, and one in five wrote no code at all without AI help.

    JetBrains, How Much Code Do Developers Really Let Agents Write? (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Over half of all developers now write less than 20% of their code manually , and one in five writes literally zero code without AI help.
  3. #01284%

    About 31% of developers in JetBrains' 2026 survey were agentic coders, and on average 84% of their code was fully generated by agents.

    JetBrains, How Much Code Do Developers Really Let Agents Write? (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Agentic coders (~31% of developers) mostly write code with agents nowadays: On average, 84% of their code is fully agent-generated.
  4. #0131+ million

    GitHub's Copilot coding agent created more than 1 million pull requests between May and September 2025.

    GitHub, Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    A first glimpse of coding agent shows 1+ million pull requests that were created between May 2025 and September 2025.
  5. #01460%

    More than 60% of new databases launched on Supabase in the year to June 2026 were started by an AI tool.

    Supabase, Supabase Series F (Jun 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    More than 60% of new databases are launched by some sort of AI tool.
  6. #01580%

    Nearly 80% of developers who joined GitHub in 2025 used GitHub Copilot within their first week.

    GitHub, Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    We see nearly 80% of new developers on GitHub use GitHub Copilot within their first week, offering evidence that AI is now an expectation among new coders.
  7. #0161.1 million

    More than 1.1 million public GitHub repositories used an LLM SDK in 2025, and 693,867 of them were created in the previous 12 months.

    GitHub, Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    More than 1.1 million public repositories now use an LLM SDK with 693,867 of these projects created in just the past 12 months alone
  8. #0174.3 million

    AI-related repositories on GitHub passed 4.3 million in 2025, nearly double the count of less than two years earlier.

    GitHub, Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    AI-related repositories on GitHub now exceed 4.3 million, nearly doubling in less than two years.

Chart

How professional developers say their code was produced, 2026

Average reported share of last month's work code, over 15,000 professional developers worldwide, May to July 2026. Each category was asked separately, so values do not sum to 100.

  • Fully written by agents47%
  • Written with some AI assistance38%
  • Written fully by hand27%

Source: JetBrains, How Much Code Do Developers Really Let Agents Write?

CH 03Which coding agents and tools builders use

8 figures
  1. #01890%

    90% of professional developers surveyed by JetBrains in May to July 2026 used AI coding agents at work at least weekly, and 68% used them daily.

    JetBrains, AI Coding Agent Adoption in 2026 (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    As of May–July 2026, 90% of professional developers were using AI coding agents at work at least weekly in one form or another (local agents or remote cloud agents), with 68% using them daily .
  2. #01939%

    About 39% of professional developers worldwide used Claude Code at work in May to July 2026, up from 18% in January 2026, according to JetBrains.

    JetBrains, AI Coding Agent Adoption in 2026 (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    In May–July 2026, around 39% of professional developers worldwide were using Claude Code at work , up from 18% in January 2026.
  3. #02066%

    Claude Code (66%) and GitHub Copilot (59%) were the most used coding agents among respondents to the 2026 Stack Overflow Developer Survey.

    Stack Overflow, AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Claude Code (66%) and GitHub Copilot (59%) are the leaders for coding agents.
  4. #02116%

    Use of OpenAI's Codex at work rose from 3% of professional developers in January 2026 to 16% in May to July 2026, according to JetBrains.

    JetBrains, AI Coding Agent Adoption in 2026 (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Codex is rapidly catching up, showing adoption growth of roughly 5x , from just 3% in January 2026 to 16% in May–July 2026.
  5. #02252%

    In 2025, 52% of developers in the Stack Overflow survey either did not use AI agents or used only simpler AI tools, and 38% had no plans to adopt agents.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    A majority of developers (52%) either don't use agents or stick to simpler AI tools, and a significant portion (38%) have no plans to adopt them.
  6. #0231.5 million

    Google Antigravity, Google's agent-based development platform, had more than 1.5 million weekly active users about two months after launch, Alphabet reported for the fourth quarter of 2025.

    Google, Alphabet earnings, Q4 2025: CEO's remarks (Feb 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    It already has more than 1.5 million weekly active users after launching just over two months ago.
  7. #02413 million

    More than 13 million developers had built with Google's generative AI models by the third quarter of 2025.

    Google, Alphabet earnings, Q3 2025: CEO's remarks (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Over 230 million videos have been generated with Veo 3, and more than 13 million developers have built with our generative models.
  8. #025180 million

    More than 180 million developers built on GitHub in 2025.

    GitHub, Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Today, more than 180 million developers build on GitHub.

Chart

Top tasks developers use AI or agents for, 2026

Share of 12,547 respondents to the 2026 Stack Overflow Developer Survey currently using AI or AI agents for each task.

  • Generating code in a familiar area69%
  • Debugging, troubleshooting or refactoring64%
  • Answering straightforward technical questions59%
  • Writing or improving tests58%
  • Generating code in an unfamiliar area56%

Source: Stack Overflow, AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

CH 04AI app builder usage

7 figures
  1. #02660 million

    People created more than 60 million projects on Lovable between its November 2024 launch and August 2026, and Lovable-built apps drew over 900 million visits a month.

    Lovable, We just raised $400M in Series C funding to help people run their businesses (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Since Lovable’s launch in November 2024, people have created more than 60 million projects, and Lovable-built apps see over 900 million visits every month.
  2. #02780%

    80% of people building on Lovable described themselves as being in non-technical roles, based on Lovable's product data from January 2025 to May 2026 and a May 2026 user survey.

    Lovable, A first look at the build economy (2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    From founders to freelancers, 80% of people building are in self-identified non-technical roles.
  3. #028nearly two-thirds

    Lovable reached employees at nearly two-thirds of the Fortune 500 by August 2026, up from half within its first year.

    Lovable, We just raised $400M in Series C funding to help people run their businesses (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Within its first year, Lovable reached employees at half of the Fortune 500; now, less than a year later, that figure has grown to nearly two-thirds.
  4. #02985%

    Replit said in March 2026 that it had users from 85% of the Fortune 500 building on its platform.

    Replit, The Future is Actually Very Human: Replit raises $400 million at a $9 billion valuation (Mar 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    We have users from 85% of the Fortune 500 building with Replit and we are on track to hit $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of 2026.
  5. #030600%

    Database launches on Supabase, a backend used by many AI app builders, grew 600% in the year to June 2026.

    Supabase, Supabase Series F (Jun 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    In the past year, database launches on Supabase have grown 600%.
  6. #03110 million

    Nearly 10 million developers built on Supabase in June 2026, more than double the count eight months earlier.

    Supabase, Supabase Series F (Jun 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Nearly 10 million developers build on Supabase today, more than doubling since our last fundraising announcement eight months ago.
  7. #03255%

    55% of companies in the most recent Y Combinator batch as of October 2025 built on Supabase, and more than 1,000 YC companies had chosen it.

    Supabase, 1000 Y Combinator Founders Choose Supabase (Oct 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    In the most recent Y Combinator batch, 55% of companies chose to build on Supabase .

CH 05App builder revenue and funding

11 figures
  1. #033$200M

    Lovable reached $200 million in annual recurring revenue in November 2025, one year after launch and four months after announcing $100 million.

    Lovable, One year of Lovable: Welcome to the age of the builder (Nov 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    $200M ARR. In July, we announced $100M ARR. Today, 4 months later, that figure has doubled.
  2. #034$13.3 billion

    Lovable raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $13.3 billion valuation in August 2026.

    Lovable, We just raised $400M in Series C funding to help people run their businesses (Aug 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Today, we’re announcing that Lovable has raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $13.3 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures and co-led by the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT.
  3. #035$6.6 billion

    Lovable raised $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation in December 2025.

    Lovable, Lovable raises $330M to power the age of the builder (Dec 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Lovable has raised $330 million in Series B funding at a $6.6 billion valuation
  4. #036$1B

    Cursor crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue by November 2025, when it announced its Series D.

    Cursor, Past, Present, and Future (Nov 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    We’ve also crossed $1B in annualized revenue, counting millions of developers and many of the world’s most accomplished engineering organizations as our customers.
  5. #037$29.3B

    Cursor raised a $2.3 billion Series D at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation in November 2025.

    Cursor, Past, Present, and Future (Nov 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Today, we’re pleased to announce a new round of financing: our Series D of $2.3B at a $29.3B post-money valuation.
  6. #038$9 billion

    Replit raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation in March 2026, three times its valuation six months earlier.

    Replit, The Future is Actually Very Human: Replit raises $400 million at a $9 billion valuation (Mar 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Replit has raised $400 million, valuing the company at $9 billion , a 3x increase in just six months, reflecting the strength of our business and growth still to come.
  7. #039$1 billion

    Replit said in March 2026 it was on track to reach $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of 2026.

    Replit, The Future is Actually Very Human: Replit raises $400 million at a $9 billion valuation (Mar 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    We have users from 85% of the Fortune 500 building with Replit and we are on track to hit $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of 2026.
  8. #040$1 billion

    Anthropic's Claude Code reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue in November 2025, six months after becoming publicly available.

    Anthropic, Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone (Dec 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    In November, Claude Code achieved a significant milestone: just six months after becoming available to the public, it reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue.
  9. #041$9.3 billion

    Vercel, the company behind the v0 app builder and Next.js, raised $300 million in September 2025 at a $9.3 billion valuation.

    Vercel, Towards the AI Cloud: Our Series F (Sep 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Today, Vercel announced an important milestone: a Series F funding round valuing our company at $9.3 billion.
  10. #042$10B

    Supabase raised a $500 million Series F at a $10 billion pre-money valuation in June 2026.

    Supabase, Supabase Series F (Jun 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    Supabase has raised a $500M Series F at a $10B pre-money valuation.
  11. #043$80 million

    Wix bought the vibe coding platform Base44 in June 2025 for initial consideration of about $80 million plus earn-out payments through 2029.

    Wix, Wix Further Expands into Vibe Coding with Acquisition of Base44, a Hyper-Growth Startup that Simplifies Web and App Creation with AI (Jun 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Under the terms of the agreement, Wix acquired Base44 for initial consideration of approximately $80 million plus additional earn-out payments paid through 2029 predicated upon certain performance metrics.

CH 06Trust, productivity and security of AI-written code

9 figures
  1. #04446%

    46% of developers in the 2025 Stack Overflow survey distrusted the accuracy of AI tools, compared with 33% who trusted it and 3% who highly trusted it.

    Stack Overflow, AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    More developers actively distrust the accuracy of AI tools (46%) than trust it (33%), and only a fraction (3%) report "highly trusting" the output.
  2. #04530%

    30% of respondents to Google Cloud's 2025 DORA survey reported little or no trust in code generated by AI, slightly fewer than in 2024.

    Google Cloud (DORA), Announcing the 2025 DORA Report (Sep 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    However, skepticism remains as 30% report little or no trust in the code generated by AI, a slightly lower percentage than last year but a key trend to note.
  3. #04680%

    More than 80% of DORA's 2025 respondents believed AI had increased their productivity.

    Google Cloud (DORA), Announcing the 2025 DORA Report (Sep 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    90% of survey respondents report using AI at work. More than 80% believe it has increased their productivity.
  4. #04748%

    In 2026, 48% of Stack Overflow survey respondents trusted AI when they could easily validate its answers, and only 16% trusted it for most tasks that were not important work decisions.

    Stack Overflow, AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    When asked when it’s acceptable to trust AI, 48% indicate they trust AI when they can easily validate the answers and only 16% extend that trust to most tasks that are not important work decisions.
  5. #04819%

    Experienced open-source developers in METR's early-2025 randomized trial took 19% longer to complete issues when allowed to use AI tools.

    METR, Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower.
  6. #04924%

    Developers in the METR trial expected AI to speed them up by 24% and still believed it had sped them up by 20% after the measured slowdown.

    METR, Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.
  7. #05045%

    45% of AI-generated code samples tested by Veracode in 2025 failed security tests and introduced OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

    Veracode, Insights from 2025 GenAI Code Security Report (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    45% of code samples failed security tests and introduced OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities into the code.
  8. #05172%

    Java was the riskiest language in Veracode's 2025 tests of AI-generated code, with a 72% security failure rate.

    Veracode, Insights from 2025 GenAI Code Security Report (Jul 2025)

    Exact wording at the source
    Java was the riskiest language, with a 72% security failure rate across tasks.
  9. #05260%

    60% of developers with 1 to 2 years of experience in JetBrains' 2026 survey said AI-generated solutions were better than their own, compared with 47% of those with 16 or more years.

    JetBrains, The State of Developer Ecosystem 2026 (Nov 2026)

    Exact wording at the source
    60% of developers with 1–2 years of experience say AI-generated solutions are better than their own, compared with 47% of those with 16 or more years of experience.

Chart

Security failure rate of AI-generated code by language, 2025

Share of AI-generated code samples that failed Veracode's security tests, by language, across the models and tasks Veracode evaluated in 2025.

  • Java72%
  • C#45%
  • JavaScript43%
  • Python38%

Source: Veracode, Insights from 2025 GenAI Code Security Report

Asked and answered

Questions readers ask

QHow many developers vibe code?
AIn Stack Overflow's 2025 survey, 72% of developers said vibe coding was not part of their professional work and about 15% said yes in some form. Daily AI use is much higher: 73% of 2026 Stack Overflow respondents used coding assistants and agents daily, and JetBrains found 90% of professional developers using AI coding agents at least weekly in mid-2026.
QHow much code is written by AI in 2026?
AProfessional developers surveyed by JetBrains in May to July 2026 said about 47% of their code was fully written by agents on average, and over half wrote less than 20% by hand. The roughly 31% who work mainly with agents said 84% of their code was agent-generated.
QHow much revenue do vibe coding apps make?
ALovable reported $200 million in ARR in November 2025, one year after launch. Cursor crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue by November 2025, Claude Code reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue that same month, and Replit said in March 2026 it was on track for $1 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of 2026. These are company-reported figures.
QWho uses AI app builders like Lovable?
ALovable says 80% of people building on its platform are in self-identified non-technical roles, with founders, designers and salespeople the fastest-growing groups. It also reports reaching employees at nearly two-thirds of the Fortune 500, and Replit reports users from 85% of the Fortune 500.
QIs vibe-coded software secure?
AVeracode found that 45% of AI-generated code samples it tested in 2025 failed security tests and introduced OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, with Java the worst at 72%. GitHub's Octoverse report also notes that vibe coding sometimes scaffolds endpoints that lack access checks, so generated code still needs review.
QDoes vibe coding make developers faster?
AResults differ by setting. More than 80% of DORA's 2025 respondents believed AI raised their productivity, but METR's randomized trial in early 2025 found experienced developers working on their own mature repositories took 19% longer with AI tools while believing they were 20% faster.

Where these numbers come from

We included only figures published by the organization that collected the data: developer surveys (Stack Overflow, JetBrains, Google Cloud's DORA program), platform data (GitHub, Supabase), company announcements (Lovable, Cursor, Replit, Vercel, Anthropic, Wix, Google) and independent studies (METR, Veracode). Every quote was refetched from the source page and checked against the figure. Revenue, ARR, user and valuation figures are self-reported by private companies in funding or earnings announcements and are not audited. Surveys use different samples: Stack Overflow and JetBrains survey developers who opt in, DORA surveys technology professionals, and Lovable's builder data covers only its own users. Vibe coding has no single definition, so figures on AI-written code and agent use are the closest available measures rather than a count of vibe coders. We store the sentence each number appears in, and a script loads the publisher's page again to make sure that sentence is still there. Our methodology has the details.

Input log

Sources

  1. 01Anthropic. Anthropic acquires Bun as Claude Code reaches $1B milestone (Dec 2025).
  2. 02Collins Dictionary. Collins' Word of the Year 2025: AI meets authenticity as society shifts (Nov 2025).
  3. 03Cursor. Past, Present, and Future (Nov 2025).
  4. 04GitHub. Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 (Oct 2025).
  5. 05Google. Alphabet earnings, Q4 2025: CEO's remarks (Feb 2026).
  6. 06Google. Alphabet earnings, Q3 2025: CEO's remarks (Oct 2025).
  7. 07Google Cloud (DORA). Announcing the 2025 DORA Report (Sep 2025).
  8. 08JetBrains. The State of Developer Ecosystem 2025 (Oct 2025).
  9. 09JetBrains. How Much Code Do Developers Really Let Agents Write? (Aug 2026).
  10. 10JetBrains. AI Coding Agent Adoption in 2026 (Aug 2026).
  11. 11JetBrains. The State of Developer Ecosystem 2026 (Nov 2026).
  12. 12Lovable. We just raised $400M in Series C funding to help people run their businesses (Aug 2026).
  13. 13Lovable. A first look at the build economy (2026).
  14. 14Lovable. One year of Lovable: Welcome to the age of the builder (Nov 2025).
  15. 15Lovable. Lovable raises $330M to power the age of the builder (Dec 2025).
  16. 16METR. Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity (Jul 2025).
  17. 17Replit. The Future is Actually Very Human: Replit raises $400 million at a $9 billion valuation (Mar 2026).
  18. 18Stack Overflow. AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey (Jul 2025).
  19. 19Stack Overflow. AI 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2026).
  20. 20Supabase. Supabase Series F (Jun 2026).
  21. 21Supabase. 1000 Y Combinator Founders Choose Supabase (Oct 2025).
  22. 22Veracode. Insights from 2025 GenAI Code Security Report (Jul 2025).
  23. 23Vercel. Towards the AI Cloud: Our Series F (Sep 2025).
  24. 24Wix. Wix Further Expands into Vibe Coding with Acquisition of Base44, a Hyper-Growth Startup that Simplifies Web and App Creation with AI (Jun 2025).

Cite this page

Link to this page or to a single numbered figure. If you reuse a number, name the organization that released it in the first place.

DBotMaker. (2026, November 13). Vibe Coding Statistics 2026. https://dbotmaker.io/vibe-coding-statistics

Download CSV

Found a number that changed or a source that moved? Email editorial@dbotmaker.io. We plan to check this page again by January 12, 2027.

Decisions that use this data

More readouts