getstarhunt/githubstats

1---2license: cc-by-4.03pretty_name: GitHub Developer Index (US, France, UK)4language:5  - en6tags:7  - github8  - developers9  - open-source10  - recruiting11  - hiring12  - talent-acquisition13  - labor-market14size_categories:15  - n<1K16configs:17  - config_name: all18    data_files: starhunt-developers.csv19  - config_name: us20    data_files: starhunt-developers-us.csv21  - config_name: fr22    data_files: starhunt-developers-fr.csv23  - config_name: uk24    data_files: starhunt-developers-uk.csv25---26 27# GitHub Developer Index: reachability and availability by city28 29Aggregated statistics on **85,938 active GitHub developers** in the United30States, France and the United Kingdom, broken down by metropolitan area,31technology and engineering role.32 33Each row reports how many developers the group contains, what share publish an34email address on their GitHub profile, and what share have flagged themselves35as available for hire.36 37Last updated: **2026-10-02**. Refreshed monthly.38 39## Files40 41| File | Scope |42|---|---|43| `starhunt-developers.csv` | All three markets |44| `starhunt-developers-us.csv` | United States |45| `starhunt-developers-fr.csv` | France |46| `starhunt-developers-uk.csv` | United Kingdom |47 48## Columns49 50| Column | Meaning |51|---|---|52| `country` | United States, France or United Kingdom |53| `metro` | Metropolitan area, or `*` for the whole country |54| `technology` | Technology, or `*` for all |55| `role` | Engineering role, or `*` for all |56| `developers` | Number of developers in the group |57| `public_email_pct` | Share with a public email address on their profile |58| `open_to_work_pct` | Share whose profile is flagged as available for hire |59 60A developer is counted once per group, never once per technology. Rows are a61cube: the country total, each city, each technology, each role, and the62city-by-technology crossings.63 64## By country65 66| Country | Developers | Public email | Open to work |67|---|---:|---:|---:|68| United States | 60,284 | 39% | 22% |69| United Kingdom | 13,739 | 34% | 21% |70| France | 11,915 | 31% | 19% |71 72## Largest cities73 74| City | Country | Developers | Public email | Open to work |75|---|---|---:|---:|---:|76| San Francisco | United States | 9,844 | 40% | 21% |77| London | United Kingdom | 7,009 | 35% | 21% |78| New York | United States | 5,709 | 36% | 22% |79| Seattle | United States | 4,556 | 39% | 18% |80| Paris | France | 4,423 | 32% | 18% |81| Boston | United States | 2,831 | 40% | 19% |82| Los Angeles | United States | 2,257 | 38% | 21% |83| Chicago | United States | 1,746 | 38% | 20% |84| Austin | United States | 1,711 | 40% | 22% |85| Denver | United States | 1,656 | 39% | 21% |86| Atlanta | United States | 1,316 | 37% | 22% |87| Portland | United States | 1,227 | 44% | 21% |88| Washington | United States | 1,024 | 38% | 23% |89| Dallas | United States | 885 | 39% | 26% |90| San Diego | United States | 858 | 39% | 19% |91 92## Method, and what this does not measure93 94Figures come from public GitHub profiles and repositories, enriched and95deduplicated. Locations are free text on GitHub, so they are normalised to a96metropolitan area before counting, and suburbs fold into their hub.97 98Three limits worth stating.99 100This measures the developers **we have indexed**, not every developer in a101city: a place with fewer rows may simply be less covered.102 103"Open to work" is GitHub's own self-declared flag, which people set and then104forget. Read it as a floor, not a census.105 106Groups smaller than 50 developers are excluded entirely. Below that, a107percentage is rounding noise rather than a measurement.108 109## Privacy110 111This dataset contains **no individual records**: no usernames, no email112addresses, no profile URLs. Only counts and percentages over groups of at113least 50 people.114 115## License and citation116 117Released under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).118Free to reuse, including commercially, with attribution.119 120> StarHunt, GitHub Developer Index (2026-10-02). https://www.getstarhunt.com/developer-dataset.html121 122Full method and tables: https://www.getstarhunt.com/developer-dataset.html123