Most popular uses of AI in the development workflow globally 2024

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Ahmed Sherif,
Jan 16, 2025

According to the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, around 82 percent of developers reported that they were currently using AI tools for writing code. Searching for answer was the second most popular use for AI tools among developers with around 68 percent of developers currently using it as of 2024.

Most popular uses of AI in the development workflow among developers worldwide as of 2024

CharacteristicCurrently usingInterested in using
Writing code 82% 9.2%
Search for answers 67.5% 17.6%
Debugging and getting help 56.7% 25.9%
Documenting code 40.1% 38.2%
Generating content or syntheti… 34.8% 33.1%
Learning about a codebase 30.9% 40.6%
Testing code 27.2% 46.2%
Committing and reviewing code 13.2% 40.9%
Project planning 12.2% 31.7%
Predictive analytics 5.3% 39.8%
Deployment and monitoring 4.5% 39.6%
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Release date

July 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

May 19 to June 20, 2024

Number of respondents

35,978 respondents

Special properties

Developers currently using AI tools

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Which parts of your development workflow are you currently using AI tools for and which are you interested in using AI tools for over the next year? Please select all that apply."

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