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AI coding spend — November 2026

What 85 developers actually spent on AI coding in November 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

$76,628

API-equivalent

Active developers

3 days with activity

Tokens

173.4B

97% cache reads

Median developer

$439

top 10% above $2,341

Spend by tool

Claude68 devs$72,461 Codex44 devs$46,513 Antigravity9 devs$12,154 Grok Build2 devs$5,272 OpenCode6 devs$2,578 Other1 devs$2,392 Hermes4 devs$1,148 OpenClaw2 devs$786

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$48,288

gpt-6-astra$11,332

gpt-6.1-sol$4,781

claude-sonnet-5-5$4,541

claude-fable-5-1$3,114

gemini-4-argon$1,250

claude-opus-5$928

claude-opus-4-8$600

Top spenders — November 2026

1yunsung-song_ktdev3 days active7.5B$8,847 2snuconnectome3 days active11.8B$6,398 3michael-huffaker3 days active12.7B$4,732 4robostory113 days active9.8B$3,527 5Shun-toda3 days active7.5B$3,182 6Phantomn3 days active7.3B$2,644 7registered2nd2 days active8.6B$2,554 8dprvda3 days active4.5B$2,440 9meshbergio3 days active5.8B$2,392 10eyhtbfgb3 days active8.0B$2,263

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Numbers cite this page as: Viberank, "AI coding spend — November 2026", https://www.viberank.app/stats/monthly/2026-11. 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.