Math submissions on arXiv jumped 33.5% in 2026.
In the first 8 months of 2026, Mathematics recorded 47,127 arXiv list entries.
This was not just one hot topic. 29 of 30 math subfields grew, and the data also shows more authors repeatedly publishing at unusually high rates.
The paper argues that AI-era research now needs to scale verification as aggressively as generation.