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Windsurf

Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.

Fig. 1
Windsurf's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
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Windsurf%

Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.

Job ads naming it, by week

Postings in Adzuna's UK IT feed and on RemoteOK whose title or description names Windsurf. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.

  1. 10 Aug 0
  2. 17 Aug 0
  3. 24 Aug 1
  4. 31 Aug 0
  5. 7 Sept 0
  6. 14 Sept 0
  7. 21 Sept 0
  8. 28 Sept 0
  9. 5 Oct 0
  10. 12 Oct 0
  11. 19 Oct 0
  12. 26 Oct 0

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. SEO Skills AI – Universal Open-Source SEO Agent for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf2 pts · 0 comments · 20 Aug

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