The Pragmatic Engineer Gergely Orosz • 7/9/2026

The Pulse: Interesting AI coding stats from Cursor

This article analyzes Cursor's aggregated usage data from two years, highlighting key AI coding statistics. Power users (top 10%) generate 10x more lines of code than median users, while the top 1% produce 30-40K lines per week. A surprising finding is that 90% of Cursor's token usage is input tokens for reading codebases, not outputting code, reflecting the classic 10:1 read-to-write ratio. Input tokens account for 70% of AI coding costs, and smart caching reduces token spend significantly. The article discusses implications for developer productivity and AI tool economics.

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