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Cursor AI

Cursor is an AI Code Editor.

Developer ToolsAI coding and buildingcursor.com ↗First seen Jul 1, 2025

18appearances across 2 of 4 indexes
#3best rank, AI Breakout August 2025
43latest Shadow IT index (October 2026)

Summary

  • Cursor AI appears 18 times in Torii Research, first in AI Breakout July 2025, most recently in AI Breakout October 2026. Best rank: #3 (AI Breakout August 2025).

Over time

One chart per measure. Values as published in each edition.

Rank in AI Breakout

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

AI Breakout: July 2025: #4#4AI Breakout: August 2025: #3#3AI Breakout: September 2025: #4AI Breakout: October 2025: #4AI Breakout: November 2025: #3AI Breakout: December 2025: #5AI Breakout: January 2026: #4AI Breakout: February 2026: #4AI Breakout: March 2026: #3AI Breakout: April 2026: #4AI Breakout: May 2026: #5AI Breakout: June 2026: #5AI Breakout: July 2026: #5AI Breakout: August 2026: #5AI Breakout: September 2026: #5AI Breakout: October 2026: #5#5Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Rank in Adoption Index

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

Adoption Index: March 2026: #24#24Adoption Index: April 2026: #28#28Mar 26Apr 26

Shadow IT index over time

0 to 100; higher means more often unsanctioned. Every edition that reports it.

AI Breakout: July 2025: 4141AI Breakout: August 2025: 41AI Breakout: September 2025: 38AI Breakout: October 2025: 35AI Breakout: November 2025: 32AI Breakout: December 2025: 30AI Breakout: January 2026: 30AI Breakout: February 2026: 29AI Breakout: March 2026: 29AI Breakout: April 2026: 25AI Breakout: May 2026: 23AI Breakout: June 2026: 41AI Breakout: July 2026: 41AI Breakout: August 2026: 41AI Breakout: September 2026: 42AI Breakout: October 2026: 4343Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Every edition

Newest first.

Every Torii Research edition that lists Cursor AI.
IndexEditionRankKey metricShadow ITPublished
AI BreakoutOctober 2026#5same rank432026-10-08
AI BreakoutSeptember 2026#5same rank422026-09-03
AI BreakoutAugust 2026#5same rank412026-08-03
AI BreakoutJuly 2026#5same rank412026-07-03
AI BreakoutJune 2026#5same rank412026-06-03
AI BreakoutMay 2026#5down 1232026-05-03
AI BreakoutApril 2026#4down 1252026-04-03
Adoption IndexApril 2026#28down 4252026-04-02
AI BreakoutMarch 2026#3up 1292026-03-03
Adoption IndexMarch 2026#24new292026-03-02
AI BreakoutFebruary 2026#4same rank292026-02-03
AI BreakoutJanuary 2026#4up 1302026-01-03
AI BreakoutDecember 2025#5down 2302025-12-03
AI BreakoutNovember 2025#3up 1322025-11-05
AI BreakoutOctober 2025#4same rank352025-10-01
AI BreakoutSeptember 2025#4down 1382025-09-10
AI BreakoutAugust 2025#3up 1412025-08-01
AI BreakoutJuly 2025#4down 1412025-07-01

Source: Torii Research reports, anonymized and aggregated usage data. Definitions in the glossary.

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