State of AI Code Review2025

1 in 7 PRs now involve AI agents 14X since early 2024

Based on AI review activity observed across 40.3M pull requests (2022–2025)

AI Agent Participation

Feb 2024:1.1%
Nov 2025:14.9%

Key Findings

3.7X in 2025
From 4.0% in January to 14.9% in November
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Top 3 = 72%
CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Google Gemini dominate
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New #1
GitHub Copilot overtook CodeRabbit (PRs/month)
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43X Rise
Google Gemini is the fastest climber of 2025
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1

AI code reviews went from rare to mainstream in three years#

AI participation grew from under 1% in 2022 to over 14% today, with steady adoption across thousands of organizations. This reflects a structural shift in how code is reviewed.

The Long Arc of Adoption

% of PRs with ≥1 AI interaction
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Different metrics surfaced different leaders#

CodeRabbit led by pull request volume, while Copilot dominated organizational adoption. Leadership shifted depending on whether impact was measured by activity or reach.

Agent Leaderboard

RankAgentPull RequestsTotal Events
1CodeRabbit632,2562,706,240
2Copilot561,3821,934,836
3Gemini174,766542,368
4Sourcery AI131,900314,422
5ChatGPT87,617159,614
6Greptile54,564220,387
7Amazon Q49,563430,454
8Cursor48,770129,747
9Claude24,91658,230
10Ellipsis24,51667,441

Ranked by distinct PRs each agent participated in during 2025.

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Platform giants dominated market adoption#

Copilot’s native GitHub integration led org adoption. ChatGPT overtook Gemini in adoption despite Gemini’s PR momentum. CodeRabbit held a strong #2 position against the giants.

Cumulative Org Adoption by Agent (2025)

Bold lines = top 4 by latest month
Copilot
ChatGPT
CodeRabbit
Gemini
Cursor
Claude
Sourcery AI
Jules
Qodo Merge
Greptile

Note: Org adoption is based on agent activity in public repositories only.

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A long tail of AI agents emerged, and some churned#

Beyond platform leaders and high-traction tools, dozens of AI agents showed measurable PR activity. At the same time, some early entrants, including Korbit, exited the market, reflecting rapid experimentation and turnover.

Long-Tail AI Agents by Adoption

AI agents with ≤ 200 orgs
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Beyond reviews: AI agents authored PRs#

AI agents authored over 99,000 PRs. Copilot led with 75K+ PRs, while coding agents like Devin and Jules (Google Labs) emerged as significant contributors. IDE- and CLI-based agents also authored PRs under distinct bot identities.

Top AI Agents by PRs Authored

2025 year-to-date
RankAgentPRs AuthoredOrganizations
1Copilot75,0815,193
2Devin10,944452
3Jules3,943461
4CodeRabbit3,5701,197
5Codegen3,09257
6MentatBot62020
7Amazon Q34546
8Claude12016
9Cursor10953
10Pixeebot10814

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Methodology

What this report measures

A pull request counts as AI-participated if at least one AI agent submits a review or comment on that PR.

Participation
whether AI showed up
Not effectiveness
quality not evaluated

Data source

  • Source: GitHub Archive + PullFlow Anonymized
  • Scope: Public GitHub events (reproducible from the same source)
  • Events: Reviews, review comments, and issue comments on pull requests
  • Time range: 2022–2025 snapshots; monthly in 2025

Repository selection

To focus on meaningful code review activity, we filter to repositories that meet:

≥10
PRs per month
≥0.3
feedback events per PR

Agent identification

An AI code review agent is a bot account that uses an LLM to analyze code or diffs and creates review or issue comments on pull requests.

Curated list
of known bot accounts
Identity overrides
to consolidate variants
How to cite this report
PullFlow Research (2025). State of AI Code Review 2025. https://pullflow.com/state-of-ai-code-review-2025

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