AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends - The JetBrains Blog

JetBrains’ 2026 Developer Ecosystem Survey of more than 15,000 professional developers reports that AI coding agents have become common workplace tools, with 90% used at least weekly and 68% used daily between May and July 2026. Claude Code led adoption at 39% globally and 47% in the United States, substantially surpassing GitHub Copilot and becoming the primary AI coding tool for 31% of developers, while Codex grew from 3% adoption in January to 16% and sharply increased in awareness. GitHub Copilot’s adoption declined to 21% despite retaining high global awareness, while Cursor’s usage fell to 12%, particularly in China; OpenCode reached 7% adoption with 42% awareness, and Google Antigravity held steady at 6% while gaining popularity in India. Around 9% of respondents used JetBrains AI tools, and JetBrains highlighted integrations with several agents, its preview Air agentic development environment, and JetBrains Central for managing agent-driven workflows. The survey uses multilingual responses, regional quotas, and statistical weighting to represent the global professional developer population.

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