Paul Krill
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GitHub counts 20 million US software developers

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Jan 18, 20242 mins

More than 20 million US developers and 1 million US organizations are building on the GitHub platform, according to GitHub Innovation Graph data.

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GitHub’s Innovation Graph, a repository containing structured data files of public activity on GitHub, counts more than 20 million US software developers using the platform.

Just-released findings incorporating data from Q3 2023 provide a comprehensive breakdown of global developer activity including top languages, numbers of users by country, and economy collaborators, GitHub said. GitHub released the GitHub Innovation Graph findings on January 18. Key findings include:

  • More than 20,226,000 US developers and more than 1,132,400 US organizations are building on GitHub. 
  • US developers uploaded code from GitHub more than 23.7 million times.
  • US developers and/or organizations own more than 56.7 million repositories on GitHub.
  • The three top collaborators with US developers were developers from Canada, Germany, and India. The Innovation Graph tracks collaboration between global economies as the summation of Git pushes sent and pull requests opened between one economy to another.
  • JavaScript was the highest ranking programming language in the United States based on the number of unique developers who uploaded code, followed by Python and Shell.

The GitHub Innovation Graph was first launched in September 2023. Raw data date back to 2020. New data represent a significant update to help policymakers and researchers better understand the nuances of global software development, particularly regarding cross-country collaboration, GitHub said.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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