Most active GitHub users in United States

This is a list of most active GitHub users in United States over the past year. Other countries/regions can be found here. This list was generated at 2026-07-05 06:25:08 +0000 and machine-readable JSON is available for:

• rank-only with categories

This list is generated with this piece of code. The logic is as follows (in pseudocode):

githubUsers.sort(_.followers)
           .filter(_.location == 'United States') 
           .take(1000)
           .sort(_.contributions)
           .take(256)

This list contains all public commits for each user. There are 1860866 total users in the region and you need at least 1499 followers to be on this list.

Badges are also available, which you can include on your profile pages. Simply include the following markdown for users:

[![committers.top badge](https://user-badge.committers.top/united_states/USERNAME.svg)](https://user-badge.committers.top/united_states/USERNAME)

[![committers.top badge](https://org-badge.committers.top/united_states/ORGNAME.svg)](https://org-badge.committers.top/united_states/ORGNAME)

• Commits
• Contributions
• All

Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	60138
2.	steipete (Peter Steinberger)	56769
3.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	37651
4.	seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2)	29779
5.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	28031
6.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	27985
7.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	26998
8.	vincentkoc (Vincent Koc)	17254
9.	lalalune (Shaw)	16669
10.	obra (Jesse Vincent)	16414
11.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	14016
12.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	14005
13.	steveyegge (Steve Yegge)	10308
14.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	9908
15.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	9381
16.	CharGrnmn (Charlie Greenman)	8956
17.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	8045
18.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	7715
19.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	7348
20.	danielhanchen (Daniel Han)	6883
21.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	6570
22.	vczh ()	6515
23.	yeasy (Baohua Yang)	6394
24.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	6249
25.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	6175
26.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	5868
27.	arun-gupta (Arun Gupta)	5849
28.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	5783
29.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	5515
30.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	5354
31.	jdx ()	4789
32.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	4762
33.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	4544
34.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	4539
35.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	4491
36.	benbalter (Ben Balter)	4375
37.	steven-tey (Steven Tey)	4348
38.	lucidrains (Phil Wang)	4185
39.	simonw (Simon Willison)	4154
40.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	4149
41.	ed-donner (Ed Donner)	4128
42.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4053
43.	unclebob (Robert C. Martin)	3923
44.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	3824
45.	chrislusf (Chris Lu)	3699
46.	SukkaW (Sukka)	3682
47.	stevekinney (Steve Kinney)	3653
48.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	3640
49.	ctate (Chris Tate)	3634
50.	dcramer (David Cramer)	3609
51.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	3531
52.	samuelclay (Samuel Clay)	3523
53.	mxcl (Max Howell)	3500
54.	josh (Joshua Peek)	3487
55.	richlander (Rich Lander)	3336
56.	punkpeye (Frank Fiegel)	3287
57.	wesm (Wes McKinney)	3238
58.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	3237
59.	jongalloway (Jon Galloway)	3044
60.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	3034
61.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	2994
62.	JimLiu (Jim Liu 宝玉)	2956
63.	madskristensen (Mads Kristensen)	2946
64.	0xSero (0xSero)	2890
65.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	2889
66.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	2749
67.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	2672
68.	edemaine (Erik Demaine)	2618
69.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2562
70.	umputun (Umputun)	2549
71.	csev (Charles Severance)	2425
72.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	2403
73.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	2369
74.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	2239
75.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	2214
76.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	2192
77.	sferik (Erik Berlin)	2191
78.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	2187
79.	haacked (Phil Haack)	2185
80.	leafo (leaf corcoran)	2180
81.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	2163
82.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	2125
83.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	2102
84.	DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin)	2099
85.	mike-north (Mike North)	2090
86.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	2063
87.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	2058
88.	kevmoo (Kevin Moore)	2056
89.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	2022
90.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	1929
91.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1893
92.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	1881
93.	wycats (Yehuda Katz)	1878
94.	codahale (Coda Hale)	1853
95.	Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun)	1851
96.	tyrchen (Tyr Chen)	1850
97.	jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin)	1847
98.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1842
99.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	1833
100.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	1814
101.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	1812
102.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	1797
103.	adamdotdevin (Adam)	1768
104.	rob0pup (Robin)	1764
105.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	1761
106.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	1757
107.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1730
108.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1728
109.	schollz (Zack)	1715
110.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	1624
111.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1600
112.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	1599
113.	davidortinau (David Ortinau)	1589
114.	migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza)	1582
115.	shanselman (Scott Hanselman)	1574
116.	TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich)	1573
117.	mrocklin (Matthew Rocklin)	1544
118.	hwdsl2 (Lin Song)	1535
119.	stefanpenner (Stefan Penner)	1528
120.	wshobson (Seth Hobson)	1521
121.	mraible (Matt Raible)	1514
122.	gr2m (Gregor Martynus)	1513
123.	jamesward (James Ward)	1508
124.	yihui (Yihui Xie)	1506
125.	jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens)	1502
126.	kean (Alex Grebenyuk)	1493
127.	ttscoff (Brett Terpstra)	1460
128.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	1454
129.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1443
130.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1434
131.	DavidWells (David Wells)	1425
132.	jeremy (Jeremy Daer)	1424
133.	csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz)	1408
134.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1404
135.	Alex313031 (Alex F.)	1400
136.	geohot (George Hotz)	1390
137.	davila7 (Daniel Avila)	1368
138.	nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi)	1349
139.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1347
140.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	1336
141.	ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson)	1325
142.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1321
143.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	1312
144.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1310
145.	Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman)	1303
146.	jasnell (James M Snell)	1292
147.	kriskowal (Kris Kowal)	1291
148.	zeke (Zeke Sikelianos)	1279
149.	burkeholland (Burke Holland)	1275
150.	steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik)	1260
151.	ChristianChiarulli (Christian Chiarulli)	1254
152.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	1245
153.	huan (Huan Li)	1240
154.	skeeto (Christopher Wellons)	1230
155.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1230
156.	Lyne6666 (Lyne)	1215
157.	evanphx (Evan Phoenix)	1179
158.	BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley)	1172
159.	curran (Curran Kelleher)	1158
160.	pbakaus (Paul Bakaus)	1131
161.	rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey)	1127
162.	c4pt0r (dongxu)	1124
163.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1120
164.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	1118
165.	killme2008 (dennis zhuang)	1109
166.	fffaraz (Faraz)	1108
167.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	1097
168.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	1095
169.	kunchenguid (Kun Chen)	1090
170.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1075
171.	stolinski (Scott Tolinski)	1073
172.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	1060
173.	dmmulroy (Dillon Mulroy)	1055
174.	yzhao062 (Yue Zhao)	1050
175.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	1048
176.	dherman (Dave Herman)	1048
177.	eliben (Eli Bendersky)	1046
178.	jonathanong (jongleberry)	1037
179.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1026
180.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	1021
181.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	1019
182.	wu-sheng (吴晟 Wu Sheng)	1006
183.	Trott (Rich Trott)	1001
184.	stephentoub (Stephen Toub)	998
185.	tridao (Tri Dao)	987
186.	Raynos (Jake Verbaten)	974
187.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	968
188.	AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan)	960
189.	jasonlong (Jason Long)	953
190.	afollestad (Aidan Follestad)	940
191.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	936
192.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	933
193.	onamfc (Brandon Estrella)	929
194.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	920
195.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	915
196.	isaacs (isaacs)	914
197.	mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy)	905
198.	lh3 (Heng Li)	899
199.	ekzhang (Eric Zhang)	881
200.	creationix (Tim Caswell)	860
201.	PatrickJS (PatrickJS)	860
202.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	858
203.	zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳)	855
204.	ThioJoe ()	854
205.	thockin (Tim Hockin)	850
206.	rakyll (Jaana Dogan)	844
207.	msitarzewski (Michael Sitarzewski)	842
208.	mattt (Mattt)	835
209.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	828
210.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	827
211.	ericniebler (Eric Niebler)	826
212.	aarondfrancis (Aaron Francis)	824
213.	danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️)	821
214.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	816
215.	zacharee (Zachary Wander)	813
216.	ardalis (Steve "Ardalis" Smith)	811
217.	andygrove (Andy Grove)	810
218.	holdenk (Holden Karau)	808
219.	ktbyers (Kirk Byers)	807
220.	hemanth (Hemanth HM)	806
221.	wagoodman (Alex Goodman)	800
222.	Huxpro (Xuan Huang (黄玄))	789
223.	rodydavis (Rody Davis)	788
224.	rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo)	780
225.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	775
226.	ladyada (Limor "Ladyada" Fried)	775
227.	RocketGod-git (RocketGod)	774
228.	craigsdennis (Craig Dennis)	766
229.	virattt (Virat Singh)	745
230.	benhalpern (Ben Halpern)	744
231.	ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury)	734
232.	dmtrKovalenko (Dmitriy Kovalenko)	726
233.	austintgriffith (Austin Griffith)	721
234.	koush (Koushik Dutta)	708
235.	garrytan (Garry Tan)	707
236.	j2kun (Jeremy Kun)	702
237.	ahmadawais (Ahmad Awais)	700
238.	aslushnikov (Andrey Lushnikov)	698
239.	carllerche (Carl Lerche)	698
240.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	695
241.	praeclarum (Frank A. Krueger)	695
242.	swyxio (swyx.io)	686
243.	abi (Abi Raja)	672
244.	sebastienros (Sébastien Ros)	667
245.	schneems (Richard Schneeman)	657
246.	alex (Alex Gaynor)	653
247.	brendandburns (Brendan Burns)	653
248.	loiane (Loiane Groner)	649
249.	coreyhaines31 (Corey Haines)	643
250.	bytemaster (Daniel Larimer)	642
251.	Manishearth (Manish Goregaokar)	640
252.	angiejones (Angie Jones)	637
253.	calebporzio (Caleb Porzio)	636
254.	idimetrix (Dmitry Selikhov)	635
255.	nartc (Chau Tran)	634
256.	Dhravya (Dhravya Shah)	633

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