Chart of the Day
One AI chart a day. We take what moved on the LLM leaderboard, in frontier-lab launches and in the news, rebuild it from primary data, and read it for distribution.
Generative AI Usage Statistics for the US
More than half of working-age Americans now use generative AI outside work. The rest will not go looking for it; it will arrive as a default.
Which AI Labs Get the Most Chatbot Arena Votes?
OpenAI models have drawn the most Arena votes of any lab, yet hold none of the top 20 seats. Votes measure presence over time, not today's rank.
ChatGPT vs. Gemini vs. Meta AI: User Numbers Compared
All three now claim close to a billion users. Gemini and Meta AI got there by riding products people already use.
AI Productivity Statistics: What AI Users Say They Gain
Claude users say AI makes them faster and lets them take on more. Only 27% say it saves money: AI sells as more output, not lower cost.
Ollama Downloads: Is Local LLM Adoption Keeping Up?
Ollama's JavaScript client grew 2.1×, but the cloud SDKs grew 8.7×. Local AI is growing; it is not where most products are built.
LangChain Alternatives: Downloads vs. Newer AI SDKs
LangChain's JavaScript core grew 3.2× in 46 weeks, yet its share of framework installs fell from 32% to 19%. An early default can grow and still fade.
MCP Adoption: Model Context Protocol SDK Downloads
The MCP SDK is the most downloaded AI package on npm in our set, 1.3× the OpenAI SDK. A protocol spreads through other people's products.
Vercel AI SDK Downloads vs. the Lab SDKs
Vercel's AI SDK grew 6.5× in under a year, but the lab SDKs grew 8.7×. The layer that makes models swappable did not capture the growth.
Anthropic SDK vs. OpenAI SDK: npm Downloads
In 46 weeks the Anthropic SDK went from 34% to 97% of the OpenAI SDK's npm downloads. Developer distribution can be won late, and lost fast.
LLM Rankings by Category: The Hidden Specialists
22 of the Arena's top 60 models rank at least 10 places higher in one category than overall. The overall list hides specialists.