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We've curated 260 cybersecurity statistics about API to help you understand how vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces are being exploited and secured in 2025. Discover the trends and best practices shaping this crucial technology landscape!

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46% of developers worry about AI systems sharing or leaking API credentials.

Postman10/8/2025
AICredentials

34% of organizations are unable to find existing APIs.

Postman10/8/2025

57% of developers, architects, and executives use Git repositories.

Postman10/8/2025

55% of organizations are struggling with inconsistent documentation.

Postman10/8/2025

56% of organizations perceive GenAI as a growing security concern for APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025

37% of organizations adhere to PCI DSS for API development and deployment.

Salt Security10/8/2025
PCI DSS

39% of organizations adhere to HIPAA for API development and deployment.

Salt Security10/8/2025
HIPAA

16% of developers have not yet considered AI agents as API consumers.

Postman10/8/2025
AI

46% of organizations plan to spend more time and resources on APIs in the next 12 months.

Postman10/8/2025
Investment

20% of developers, architects, and executives use Elastic as their API monitoring tool.

Postman10/8/2025
Monitoring toolElastic

22% of organizations identified new revenue streams as a channel through which revenue comes from APIs.

Postman10/8/2025

68% of developers, architects, and executives rely on AI to improve code quality.

Postman10/8/2025
AI

20% of developers, architects, and executives use Sentry as their API monitoring tool.

Postman10/8/2025
Monitoring toolSentry

35% of developers, architects, and executives use frameworks for deployment.

Postman10/8/2025

50% of security leaders have slowed a new application rollout due to API security concerns.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API security

14% of organizations oversee 1,001 or more APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025

17% of organizations were 'not very confident' in the accuracy of their API inventories.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API inventory

30% of organizations are in the planning stage for their API security programs.

Salt Security10/8/2025

23% of organizations identify leveraging AI/ML capabilities for business insights or automation as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025
AIML

52% of organizations identify development efficiencies and/or standardization as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025