The Solidity team has released its 2025 developer survey, gathering responses from 1,095 developers across 87 countries. According to Foresight News, 70% of respondents are smart contract developers, 12% are auditors or security experts, and 18% are students. Half of the participants have two years or less experience with Solidity, and 49% use it daily. The top three countries represented are India with 205 respondents, Nigeria with 148, and the United States with 83. Additionally, 74% of respondents are aged between 18 and 34.
The survey reveals that 88% of users utilize AI tools at least once a month, with 58% using them daily. However, 45% express distrust in AI outputs. Developers are adopting AI tools faster than they are building trust in them. The most common AI applications are testing (61%), writing code documentation (59%), and learning code libraries (58%).