Syndica’s research report analyzes Solana developer activity for May 2026, built from a GitHub crawler scanning crypto open-source files like package.json and Cargo.toml. Active Solana developers fell 29% to roughly 1,220, nearly 1 in 5 used AI tools (Claude dominated AI-coauthored commits at 79.3%), and Europe led regions at 34% of developers. Activity remained about 1.7x the August 2022 peak despite the recent decline.