The 2025 edition of the Stack Overflow Developer Survey, now in its fifteenth year, received more than 49,000 responses from 177 countries. There were 62 questions, focused on 314 different technologies, including the new focus on AI agent tools, large language models (LLMs), and community platforms. Regarding the use of AI tools, 64% of developers said they do not perceive AI as a threat to their jobs, a slight decrease from 2024 (68%). As for the top frustrations with AI tools, 66% cited “Dealing with AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite,” while 45% cited “Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming.”
Regarding the use of AI agents, 52% of developers either don’t use them or stick to simpler AI tools, while 38% have no plans to adopt them. However, among the developers who do use AI agents, 70% said that agents have reduced the time spent on development tasks, and 69% said agents have increased their productivity. Only 38% said AI agents have improved the quality of their code. Most respondents, 72%, said they are not currently vibe coding.
Other findings of the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey:
