Monthly report

AI coding spend — May 2026

What 306 developers actually spent on AI coding in May 2026, measured from real ccusage data across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and every other tracked agent.

Total spend

$946,755

API-equivalent

Active developers

306

31 days with activity

Tokens

1.1T

95% cache reads

Median developer

$1,127

top 10% above $6,645

Spend by tool

Codex168 devs$529,530 Claude185 devs$468,156 Other3 devs$45,263 Hermes21 devs$32,611 OpenCode35 devs$26,357 pi11 devs$13,500 Gemini43 devs$9,576 OpenClaw12 devs$8,456

A day's spend counts toward every tool active that day, so tool figures can sum past the total.

Spend by model

gpt-5.5$449,309

claude-opus-4-7$291,458

claude-opus-4-8$50,856

claude-opus-4-6$26,671

gpt-5.5$11,349

claude-sonnet-4-6$7,074

gpt-5.4$4,629

claude-haiku-4-5$3,472

Top spenders — May 2026

1B-EtterDigital27 days active60.5B$42,576 2ahron052028 days active24.3B$41,861 3panbergco30 days active46.4B$30,924 4azamara31 days active33.4B$27,077 5cjleemesotes31 days active31.8B$25,605 6CJ31 days active31.5B$25,246 7hypler-dev30 days active13.6B$24,409 8intframe28 days active13.5B$20,931 9aron-intframe28 days active13.5B$20,931 10cmc-veup25 days active22.9B$18,549

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Numbers cite this page as: Viberank, "AI coding spend — May 2026", https://www.viberank.app/stats/monthly/2026-05. Costs are API-equivalent values computed by ccusage from model list prices; developers on flat-rate subscriptions pay less. Verified and unverified submissions included; flagged submissions excluded.