# Model Improvements Linked to Smaller Rise in Developer Traffic By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/34430 Published: 2026-10-18T16:39:15.000Z Updated: 2026-10-18T16:39:15.000Z Section: Technology > A 10-point increase in model intelligence is associated with a 20% rise in developer traffic, compared with nearly 69% in late 2025. A 10-point increase in model intelligence is now associated with a 20% rise in developer traffic at OpenAI, Anthropic and other major AI labs. The comparable increase in late 2025 was nearly 69%, pointing to a weaker relationship between model intelligence gains and developer traffic. The figures describe an association; they do not establish that improvements in model intelligence caused traffic to rise. They also measure traffic, not the number of developers who joined or began using a service. The figures differ from those in an [enterprise AI spending analysis](), which tracked business payments, token usage and model economics. Those measures did not show a broad decline in developer traffic at OpenAI or Anthropic and did not track visits to documentation sites or use of software development kits. ## Links in this article - [enterprise AI spending analysis](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/31327)