PostHog.com Engineering Benchmarks

PostHog Analytics · Updated October 26, 2026

PostHog.com delivery benchmarks are based on 669 merged pull requests in the last 30 days (5,028 all-time), with 4.4 hours median cycle time, 1.7 hours median review time, and 132 active contributors. AI-related signals appear on 39.2% of recent work. PR volume is up 49% compared to the prior period.

Posthog Com merged 110 PRs in the past 30 days with 4.55% showing AI-related signals. Median cycle time is 2.57 hours.
Median Cycle Time
4.4h
PR open to merge
Median Review Time
1.7h
first review to approval
AI-Related Signals
39.2%
directional signal across recent PRs
Best Signal Fast Delivery
4.4h
Median cycle time of 4.4h

Repo vs PostHog Analytics Average

-8.2pp
AI Signals
-1.5h
Cycle Time
+1.5h
Review Time

Delivery Trend and AI Signals

PR Backlog (Humans)

Excludes AI agents and automation accounts.

PR Backlog (AI Agents)

AI coding agents only.

AI Signals vs Cycle Time

Correlation

moderate negative
r = -0.34 (13 weeks)

Cycle Time by AI-Related Signals

35.4h
with signals
33.4h
baseline
5.9%
difference

PR Breakdown

272 with signals / 692 total PRs

Top AI Tools

claude_code 243
claude 29
chatgpt 4
ai_generic 1
greptile 1

PR Type Breakdown

docs 355
unknown 309
chore 2
feature 2
bugfix 1

Methodology

Metrics are computed from merged pull request data synced daily from GitHub. AI-related metrics are directional signals inferred from pull request activity patterns and heuristics. Summary metrics use a 30-day rolling window; trends use a 90-day window. Last updated 2 hours, 46 minutes ago.

Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests.

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