Worldwide · 2025 · share of surveyed developers
Top 10 IDEs and Editors in Worldwide
In 2025, Visual Studio Code led ides and editors in Worldwide at 40.4% (share of surveyed developers). Visual Studio ranked second at 15.42%, followed by Notepad++ at 14.59%.
| Rank | Brand | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visual Studio Code | 40.40%
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| 2 | Visual Studio | 15.42%
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| 3 | Notepad++ | 14.59%
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| 4 | IntelliJ IDEA | 14.45%
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| 5 | Vim | 12.92%
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| 6 | Cursor | 9.52%
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| 7 | PyCharm | 8.01%
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| 8 | Android Studio | 7.96%
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| 9 | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | 7.49%
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| 10 | Neovim | 7.45%
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Source & licence
Data: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/) , licensed ODbL 1.0 (data) / DbCL 1.0 (contents) (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/) .
Derived rankings are shared under ODbL 1.0 share-alike (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/) .
Derived from Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 (ODbL 1.0 / DbCL 1.0). Share-alike applies to the derived database.
Percent of Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 respondents who reported using the item (multi-select). Not sales market share.
Last updated 2026-11-14.
FAQ
- Which item leads ides and editors in Worldwide?
- Visual Studio Code leads at 40.4% in 2025 (share of surveyed developers). Source: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/.
- What does the share of surveyed developers metric mean?
- Figures are share of surveyed developers from the cited source for 2025. They are not invented estimates.
- What are the top three for ides and editors in Worldwide?
- Visual Studio Code (40.4%), Visual Studio (15.42%), Notepad++ (14.59%) in 2025.