SimilarWeb’s new AI usage report reveals 5 surprising findings, including explosive growth in coding tools
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Summary
A new report from SimilarWeb has found that generative AI usage is exploding, with traffic to developer-focused AI and coding tools up 75% in the past 12 weeks, prompted by tools such as Lovable and Cursor.
Furthermore, the use of AI writing tools, which had been one of the most accessible uses for generative AI, is plateauing, with overall category traffic down 11%, as platforms like Wordtune, Jasper, and Rytr trend downward, while Originality.ai shows steady gains, likely due to its focus on AI detection over generation.
The report also showed volatile growth in AI image generators and design tools, with Getimg posting a 1,532% surge, while Artbreeder jumped 100%, contrasted with declines for Stable Diffusion and Looka.
Finally, the report showed that traditional digital services are showing slow but steady declines, with freelance platforms such as Fiverr and Upwork losing traffic as users turn to AI tools, and search engines such as Yahoo and Bing experiencing a multi-quarter drop in visits.