B
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78%
78% -- developers relying on online documentation rate for Developers (2025)
78% of developers rely on online documentation and tutorials when evaluating new tools and technologies.
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Value
78%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Stack Overflow
Primary
Tier C
https://applaunchpartners.com/marketing-for-developers-resources-guide/ ↗
Source Article
Marketing for Developers: Guide & Tactics
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Stack Overflow
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Methodology
Stack Overflow survey, cited secondhand
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Industrymarketing
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Developers: 78% developers relying on online documentation rate. Source: Stack Overflow (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/developers-rely-online-docs-2025
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