The Report · Q3 2026 · Last updated: July 26, 2026
The State of the Vibe-Coding Economy (Q3 2026)
We track 1,832 AI-built MVPs launched with tools like Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0, Emergent, Cursor and Claude Code, and pulse-check every one. 95.6% are still responding and 81 (4.4%) have died. Of MVPs tracked 90+ days, 94.4% are still alive (n=1,454). Dead apps we can date lived a median of 27 months. 164 new MVPs were indexed in the last 30 days.
Key statistics
95.6% of 1,832 tracked AI-built MVPs are still live (mymvp index, July 26, 2026)
94.4% of AI-built MVPs tracked 90+ days are still alive (n=1,454, mymvp index, July 26, 2026)
The median dead AI-built app lived 27 months before shutting down (mymvp graveyard, July 26, 2026)
81 AI-era apps are recorded dead with classified causes of death (mymvp graveyard, July 26, 2026)
164 new AI-built MVPs were publicly launched and indexed in the last 30 days (mymvp index, July 26, 2026)