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AI coding spend — October 2026

What 48 developers actually spent on AI coding in October 2026, measured from real ccusage data across Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and every other tracked agent. This month is still in progress — numbers grow as submissions come in.

Total spend

$46,099

API-equivalent

Active developers

2 days with activity

Tokens

115.1B

97% cache reads

Median developer

$262

top 10% above $1,536

Spend by tool

Claude39 devs$45,436 Codex23 devs$19,388 Hermes3 devs$2,946 OpenClaw2 devs$1,436 Grok2 devs$1,115 Antigravity2 devs$881 OpenCode1 devs$32.00 pi1 devs$0.00

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

Spend by model

claude-opus-5-5$39,889

gpt-6-astra$1,584

gpt-6.1-sol$1,337

claude-opus-5$1,284

claude-sonnet-5-5$620

claude-fable-5-1$500

claude-opus-4-8$316

claude-sonnet-5$162

Top spenders — October 2026

1mattw902 days active32.0B$13,770 2charlie232 days active22.2B$10,596 3KalskiTheDan1 days active8.7B$2,785 4jannemecekAI2 days active4.5B$2,271 5B-EtterDigital1 days active7.1B$1,631 6realitsyourman1 days active4.1B$1,495 7luvisra2 days active3.4B$1,265 8PursuitOfDataScience2 days active3.6B$1,244 9cypres00991 days active2.3B$1,056 10Phantomn2 days active2.0B$1,044

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Numbers cite this page as: Viberank, "AI coding spend — October 2026", https://www.viberank.app/stats/monthly/2026-10. 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.