Every year, the Stack Overflow Developer Survey snapshots how the world’s builders are working, learning, and using new technologies. The 2025 survey of nearly 50,000 developers from 177 countries illuminates a tech workforce embracing AI faster than ever—even as they wrestle with questions of trust, productivity, and developer experience.
For business leaders, these findings provide invaluable signals: where you should be investing resources to empower technical teams and deliver business value, plus areas where caution is warranted.
Key takeaways:
- Developers are rapidly adopting AI tools, but their trust is declining due to concerns over accuracy and reliability, signalling a critical need for quality control.
- Despite new tools, community-based knowledge sharing remains the primary and most trusted source for developers to solve problems and overcome the "productivity paradox."
- Satisfaction with Developer Experience (DX) is critically low; leaders must focus on improving tool friction and investing in continuous learning to retain talent and ensure long-term success.
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