{
  "_meta": {
    "name": "State of AI Prompting 2026, by Model — Dataset",
    "description": "Average quality score of real AI prompts in 2026 broken down by the AI model each prompt was written for (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Llama). Scored 0–100 on 8 dimensions; raw and engineered.",
    "creator": "SurePrompts",
    "url": "https://sureprompts.com/blog/state-of-ai-prompting-by-model-2026",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "methodology": "Each prompt was scored 0–100 across 8 weighted dimensions (Length & Detail 20, Role/Persona 15, Specificity 15, Structure 15, Output Format 10, Constraints 10, Context 10, Examples 5) by the same deterministic engine that powers the free SurePrompts Prompt Quality Score tool. Aggregate-only: no raw prompt text is stored or published.",
    "sampleSize": 971,
    "temporalCoverage": "2026-03-25/2026-06-02",
    "variableMeasured": [
      "Overall prompt quality score (0–100)",
      "Length & Detail (0–20)",
      "Role/Persona (0–15)",
      "Specificity (0–15)",
      "Structure (0–15)",
      "Output Format (0–10)",
      "Constraints (0–10)",
      "Context (0–10)",
      "Examples (0–5)"
    ]
  },
  "overall": {
    "averageRawScore": 20.53,
    "averageEngineeredScore": 77.15
  },
  "byModel": [
    {
      "model": "general",
      "label": "No model selected",
      "count": 353,
      "share": 0.3635,
      "avgRawScore": 16.19,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 81.04
    },
    {
      "model": "claude",
      "label": "Claude",
      "count": 228,
      "share": 0.2348,
      "avgRawScore": 27.84,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 82.46
    },
    {
      "model": "gemini",
      "label": "Gemini",
      "count": 102,
      "share": 0.105,
      "avgRawScore": 19.18,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 71.44
    },
    {
      "model": "grok",
      "label": "Grok",
      "count": 85,
      "share": 0.0875,
      "avgRawScore": 18.07,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 56.12
    },
    {
      "model": "chatgpt",
      "label": "ChatGPT",
      "count": 69,
      "share": 0.0711,
      "avgRawScore": 17.2,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 80.51
    },
    {
      "model": "copilot",
      "label": "Copilot",
      "count": 47,
      "share": 0.0484,
      "avgRawScore": 27.98,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 81.06
    },
    {
      "model": "deepseek",
      "label": "DeepSeek",
      "count": 47,
      "share": 0.0484,
      "avgRawScore": 17.49,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 65
    },
    {
      "model": "perplexity",
      "label": "Perplexity",
      "count": 33,
      "share": 0.034,
      "avgRawScore": 28.73,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 78.33
    },
    {
      "model": "llama",
      "label": "Llama",
      "count": 7,
      "share": 0.0072,
      "avgRawScore": 15.14,
      "avgEngineeredScore": 62.43
    }
  ],
  "note": "avgEngineeredScore reflects model-specific formatting applied during enhancement, scored against the same rubric — compare raw scores for a clean read on user prompting behaviour. Samples under ~30 prompts are directional only."
}