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Metadata

Additional metadata collected about respondents.

Language

What language did respondents select to fill out the survey?
0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
87%
1
English
4,242
2
German
151
3
No Answer
+3
135
4
French
+1
132
5
Russian
-1
102
6
Spanish
56
7
Dutch
+1
39
8
Other Answers
45
0%
17%
35%
52%
69%
87%
% of survey respondents
4,767
97%
20

Survey Completion

Which proportion of the survey did respondents fill out?
0%
12%
23%
35%
47%
58%
01
0-10%
101
02
10-20%
512
03
20-30%
237
04
30-40%
138
05
40-50%
69
06
60-70%
+1
27
07
70-80%
+1
60
08
80-90%
+1
144
09
90-100%
+1
2,861
10
100
+1
743
11
No Answer
+1
3
12
Other Answers
7
0%
12%
23%
35%
47%
58%
% of survey respondents
4,899
100%
80%
97%
10

Authentication

Whether respondents signed in or filled out the survey as guests.
0%
10%
20%
31%
41%
51%
1
Guest Account
2,500
2
Logged-in Account
2,385
3
No Answer
17
0%
10%
20%
31%
41%
51%
% of survey respondents
4,885
100%
10

Device

What device was used to take the survey.
0%
9%
17%
26%
34%
43%
1
Desktop
2,103
2
No Answer
1,764
3
Mobile
1,020
4
Tablet
15
0%
9%
17%
26%
34%
43%
% of survey respondents
3,138
64%
10

Browser

What browser was used to take the survey.
0%
7%
14%
22%
29%
36%
1
No Answer
+1
1,762
2
Chrome
1,697
3
Firefox
752
4
Safari
557
5
Microsoft Edge
104
6
Opera
12
7
Other Answers
18
0%
7%
14%
22%
29%
36%
% of survey respondents
3,140
64%
10

OS

What OS version was used to take the survey.
0%
7%
14%
22%
29%
36%
1
No Answer
1,762
2
macOS
1,192
3
Windows
657
4
iOS
537
5
Android
498
6
Linux
254
7
Other Answers
2
0%
7%
14%
22%
29%
36%
% of survey respondents
3,140
64%
10

Previous Surveys

Previous Devographics surveys taken by respondents.
0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
1
No Answer
4,420
2
State of CSS (Devographics)
779
3
State of JavaScript (Devographics)
704
4
State of HTML (Devographics)
662
5
State of Devs (Devographics)
426
6
State of React (Devographics)
332
7
State of Web Dev AI (Devographics)
195
8
State of GraphQL (Devographics)
16
9
Other Answers
2
0%
16%
32%
48%
64%
80%
% of survey respondents
Respondents taking the survey as guests shown as “no answer”.
1,085
20%
10

Participation Count

How many times respondents have taken part in previous editions of this survey.
0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
1
No Answer
3,991
2
0
736
3
1
406
4
2
204
5
3
84
6
4
55
7
5
30
0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
% of survey respondents
1,515
28%
10

Responses Over Time

Chronological breakdown of when responses were collected.
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
05/19
05/22
05/25
05/28
05/31
06/03
06/06
06/09
06/12
06/15
06/18
06/21
06/24
06/27
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
Count
4,902
100%
10

Source

How did respondents find out about the survey?
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
60%
01
State of CSS (Devographics)
02
03
No Answer
04
State of Web Dev AI (Devographics)
05
Bluesky
06
Google
07
08
Workplace
+2
09
CSS-Tricks
-5
10
Frontend Focus
+5
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
60%
% of survey respondents
Respondent source is computed based on referrer data, URL tracking data, and self-reported answers.
4,468
91%
20
10