Cursor
Compounding · Discussion moved +147.6% and stars total moved +46.4% — moving together. (as of 2026·08·12)
Distinct voices per mention. 1.00 means every mention came from a different person; a low number means a handful of people are driving the volume. Authors are counted once per day, so someone who posts across several days counts more than once over the whole window. The figure can overstate breadth, never understate it.
A wave of praise on a forum and a rapidly filling issue tracker both show up as “mentions up” until you see where they came from.
Most opinion points the same way, so the average sentiment reads as a verdict rather than two sides cancelling out.
SRC: 464 mentions in window · net sentiment 0.35 · 1 adoption series · derived aggregates only
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| Period | mentions |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | 2 |
| 2026-05-18 | 3 |
| 2026-05-19 | 3 |
| 2026-05-20 | 1 |
| 2026-05-21 | 2 |
| 2026-05-22 | 6 |
| 2026-05-23 | 3 |
| 2026-05-26 | 3 |
| 2026-05-27 | 1 |
| 2026-05-28 | 1 |
| 2026-05-29 | 3 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1 |
| 2026-06-01 | 3 |
| 2026-06-02 | 7 |
| 2026-06-03 | 4 |
| 2026-06-04 | 2 |
| 2026-06-08 | 1 |
| 2026-06-09 | 3 |
| 2026-06-10 | 4 |
| 2026-06-11 | 3 |
| 2026-06-13 | 1 |
| 2026-06-14 | 1 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2 |
| 2026-06-16 | 18 |
| 2026-06-17 | 25 |
| 2026-06-18 | 11 |
| 2026-06-19 | 10 |
| 2026-06-20 | 9 |
| 2026-06-21 | 4 |
| 2026-06-22 | 6 |
| 2026-06-23 | 10 |
| 2026-06-24 | 13 |
| 2026-06-25 | 7 |
| 2026-06-26 | 3 |
| 2026-06-27 | 1 |
| 2026-06-28 | 2 |
| 2026-06-29 | 5 |
| 2026-06-30 | 10 |
| 2026-07-01 | 17 |
| 2026-07-02 | 33 |
| 2026-07-03 | 17 |
| 2026-07-04 | 8 |
| 2026-07-05 | 15 |
| 2026-07-06 | 20 |
| 2026-07-09 | 1 |
| 2026-07-10 | 2 |
| 2026-07-12 | 3 |
| 2026-07-13 | 1 |
| 2026-07-14 | 3 |
| 2026-07-15 | 4 |
| 2026-07-16 | 3 |
| 2026-07-17 | 3 |
| 2026-07-18 | 1 |
| 2026-07-19 | 2 |
| 2026-07-20 | 7 |
| 2026-07-21 | 2 |
| 2026-07-22 | 3 |
| 2026-07-24 | 1 |
| 2026-07-25 | 3 |
| 2026-07-26 | 2 |
| 2026-07-27 | 3 |
| 2026-07-28 | 5 |
| 2026-07-29 | 7 |
| 2026-07-30 | 2 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2 |
| 2026-08-01 | 2 |
| 2026-08-02 | 2 |
| 2026-08-03 | 3 |
| 2026-08-04 | 2 |
| 2026-08-05 | 3 |
| 2026-08-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08-08 | 4 |
| 2026-08-09 | 3 |
| 2026-08-10 | 4 |
| 2026-08-11 | 24 |
| 2026-08-12 | 50 |
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| Period | net sentiment |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | 0.45 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0.52 |
| 2026-05-19 | −0.05 |
| 2026-05-20 | 0.63 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0.96 |
| 2026-05-22 | 0.33 |
| 2026-05-23 | 0.99 |
| 2026-05-26 | −0.02 |
| 2026-05-27 | 1.00 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0.00 |
| 2026-05-29 | 0.84 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0.97 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0.95 |
| 2026-06-02 | 0.46 |
| 2026-06-03 | 0.71 |
| 2026-06-04 | 0.16 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0.98 |
| 2026-06-09 | 0.95 |
| 2026-06-10 | 0.43 |
| 2026-06-11 | 0.85 |
| 2026-06-13 | 0.34 |
| 2026-06-14 | 0.46 |
| 2026-06-15 | −0.52 |
| 2026-06-16 | 0.07 |
| 2026-06-17 | 0.40 |
| 2026-06-18 | 0.21 |
| 2026-06-19 | 0.24 |
| 2026-06-20 | 0.07 |
| 2026-06-21 | 0.25 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0.42 |
| 2026-06-23 | 0.53 |
| 2026-06-24 | 0.37 |
| 2026-06-25 | 0.34 |
| 2026-06-26 | 0.73 |
| 2026-06-27 | 0.00 |
| 2026-06-28 | 0.34 |
| 2026-06-29 | −0.08 |
| 2026-06-30 | 0.16 |
| 2026-07-01 | 0.47 |
| 2026-07-02 | 0.32 |
| 2026-07-03 | 0.64 |
| 2026-07-04 | 0.13 |
| 2026-07-05 | 0.13 |
| 2026-07-06 | 0.65 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0.93 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0.14 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0.31 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0.35 |
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| Period | GitHub stars (total) |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-10 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-11 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-12 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-13 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-14 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-15 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-16 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-17 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-18 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-19 | 33.0k |
| 2026-07-20 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-21 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-22 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-23 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-24 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-25 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-26 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-27 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-28 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-29 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-30 | 33.1k |
| 2026-07-31 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-01 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-02 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-03 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-04 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-05 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-06 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-07 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-08 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-09 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-10 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-11 | 33.1k |
| 2026-08-12 | 33.1k |
| What was said | Momentum |
|---|---|
| User would like a subsidized Kimi subscription as official subscriptions are out of stock with poor limits. | +0% |
| Grok 4.5 High Fast in Cursor is a genuinely great model. | +0% |
| Request for inline commenting in agent conversations as an alternative to writing lengthy text responses to guide AI agents. | +0% |
| Cursor provided better flexibility for building an Astro site section by section compared to black box design programs. | +0% |
| Claude Design failed due to context windows exploding when processing large HTML files with inlined images. | +0% |
| Kimi K3 credits are depleted after only a few sessions of use. | +0% |
| User switched from Lovable to Cursor and rebuilt the site with Astro for better performance. | +0% |
| Lovable generated a slow website architecture with poor caching and long time-to-first-byte. | +0% |
| Code reviews are taking longer and occurring more frequently with non-engineers able to request help. | +0% |
| Ephemeral test environments per pull request are not fully reliable. | +0% |
| A model offers strong benchmark performance, cheaper pricing than alternatives, and generous usage limits on subscription. | +0% |
| Considering switching to Grok on Cursor for cost reasons despite strong performance from current model. | +0% |
| Switching from Cursor to Zed because Zed offers the same functionality without premium charges. | +0% |
| Instagram's web app has an annoying popup where hovering over the username launches a profile preview that obscures the comments button, causing unintentional follows. | +0% |
| Cursor's dashboard does not display usage information that the app shows as 48%. | +0% |
| Using Cursor for coding has reduced the user's sense of being in control of the programming process. | +0% |
| Users struggle to transfer context and understanding when switching between different LLM applications with expiring plans. | +0% |
| Cache hit rates decrease when switching between multiple models in the same session in Cursor. | +100% |
| Using Cursor to generate step-by-step educational guides with annotations is an enjoyable way to learn. | +0% |
| Rebranding Cursor away from its original brand name will damage its market position with enterprise customers. | +0% |