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Do AI agents pick UploadThing?

How often agents choose UploadThing when a developer needs object storage — measured across Claude, GPT, Gemini.

UploadThing

3%Pick Rate
95% CI 1%–7%

When developers ask an AI agent for object storage, UploadThing is picked 3% of the time — ranking #4 of 5 measured across Claude, GPT, Gemini.

Picked 3% Named, not picked 1% Never surfaced 96%

Beaten by Amazon S3 (28%), Cloudflare R2 (13%), Backblaze B2 (5%).

Awareness

147K package downloads / week

Thin presence in the data models learn from — an awareness problem. Get into more code, docs, and developer discussion.

0 docs in FineWeb (10BT sample) · 9 URLs in Common Crawl

In the raw web crawl, but thin in the filtered corpus models actually train on — an awareness gap at the source.

AdoptionDid the pick convert to installs? Public Adoption = npm downloads of your packages. The proof half of the funnel.

559K installs / month ▲ 3% MoM

Installs are roughly flat month over month.

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About UploadThing

File uploading service built for full-stack TypeScript web applications.

UploadThing is a file upload service that handles storing and serving user-uploaded files, providing type-safe APIs for integrating uploads into web apps. It targets TypeScript developers building on frameworks like Next.js and other modern full-stack environments.

Where to start

Head to docs.uploadthing.com to find framework-specific guides and API references for setting up file upload routes and client components.

Install

Website Docs GitHub npm

Links and summary verified from public sources.

The rest of the Object Storage ranking

1	Amazon S3	28%
2	Cloudflare R2	13%
3	Backblaze B2	5%
5	Supabase Storage	0%

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