A list of the most active GitHub users
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 2026-07-27 12:05:31 +0000 and machine-readable JSON is available for:
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 1876688 total users in the region and you need at least 1511 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:
[](https://user-badge.committers.top/united_states/USERNAME)
For organizations, you need to use a slightly different markup:
[](https://org-badge.committers.top/united_states/ORGNAME)
In case you aren't currently ranked on this page, you'll simply receive an "unranked" badge.
| Rank | User | Contribs | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | steipete (Peter Steinberger) |
64931 | |
| 2. | jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen) |
63917 | |
| 3. | rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley) |
34725 | |
| 4. | RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin) |
26897 | |
| 5. | brianchandotcom (Brian Chan) |
25169 | |
| 6. | zhaoolee (zhaoolee) |
24875 | |
| 7. | seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2) |
24233 | |
| 8. | vincentkoc (Vincent Koc) |
21698 | |
| 9. | obra (Jesse Vincent) |
18970 | |
| 10. | lalalune (Shaw) |
18300 | |
| 11. | ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas) |
14954 | |
| 12. | alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez) |
12770 | |
| 13. | steveyegge (Steve Yegge) |
10387 | |
| 14. | hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane) |
10032 | |
| 15. | tianon (Tianon Gravi) |
9605 | |
| 16. | CharGrnmn (Charlie Greenman ) |
9120 | |
| 17. | jwiegley (John Wiegley) |
8892 | |
| 18. | rtfeldman (Richard Feldman) |
8737 | |
| 19. | bdraco (J. Nick Koston) |
7691 | |
| 20. | PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan) |
7150 | |
| 21. | yeasy (Baohua Yang) |
7113 | |
| 22. | ankane (Andrew Kane) |
7038 | |
| 23. | vczh () |
6986 | |
| 24. | danielhanchen (Daniel Han) |
6802 | |
| 25. | joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson) |
6566 | |
| 26. | arun-gupta (Arun Gupta) |
5646 | |
| 27. | pirate (Nick Sweeting) |
5491 | |
| 28. | mxcl (Max Howell) |
5448 | |
| 29. | nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis) |
5402 | |
| 30. | giswqs (Qiusheng Wu) |
5358 | |
| 31. | zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili) |
5281 | |
| 32. | kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds) |
5274 | |
| 33. | jdx () |
5197 | |
| 34. | kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz) |
4746 | |
| 35. | colinhacks (Colin McDonnell) |
4652 | |
| 36. | benbalter (Ben Balter) |
4592 | |
| 37. | jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller) |
4505 | |
| 38. | dtolnay (David Tolnay) |
4440 | |
| 39. | stevekinney (Steve Kinney) |
4363 | |
| 40. | simonw (Simon Willison) |
4262 | |
| 41. | 0xSero (0xSero) |
4249 | |
| 42. | ed-donner (Ed Donner) |
4163 | |
| 43. | richlander (Rich Lander) |
4060 | |
| 44. | unclebob (Robert C. Martin) |
4047 | |
| 45. | steven-tey (Steven Tey) |
3988 | |
| 46. | ctate (Chris Tate) |
3953 | |
| 47. | lucidrains (Phil Wang) |
3913 | |
| 48. | dcramer (David Cramer) |
3883 | |
| 49. | SukkaW (Sukka) |
3881 | |
| 50. | vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov) |
3871 | |
| 51. | edemaine (Erik Demaine) |
3855 | |
| 52. | chrislusf (Chris Lu) |
3761 | |
| 53. | mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto) |
3673 | |
| 54. | josh (Joshua Peek) |
3643 | |
| 55. | AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT) |
3625 | |
| 56. | johnleider (John Leider) |
3606 | |
| 57. | hadley (Hadley Wickham) |
3603 | |
| 58. | samuelclay (Samuel Clay) |
3494 | |
| 59. | punkpeye (Frank Fiegel) |
3447 | |
| 60. | Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun) |
3275 | |
| 61. | wesm (Wes McKinney) |
3241 | |
| 62. | torvalds (Linus Torvalds) |
3216 | |
| 63. | jlevy (Joshua Levy) |
3210 | |
| 64. | ericmjl (Eric Ma) |
3106 | |
| 65. | jongalloway (Jon Galloway) |
3024 | |
| 66. | ljharb (Jordan Harband) |
3009 | |
| 67. | JimLiu (Jim Liu 宝玉) |
2979 | |
| 68. | madskristensen (Mads Kristensen) |
2966 | |
| 69. | mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas) |
2951 | |
| 70. | afollestad (Aidan Follestad) |
2839 | |
| 71. | Raynos (Jake Verbaten) |
2809 | |
| 72. | umputun (Umputun) |
2711 | |
| 73. | mike-north (Mike North) |
2599 | |
| 74. | taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell) |
2538 | |
| 75. | Tyriar (Daniel Imms) |
2444 | |
| 76. | csev (Charles Severance) |
2441 | |
| 77. | glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher) |
2414 | |
| 78. | leafo (leaf corcoran) |
2366 | |
| 79. | tarcieri (Tony Arcieri) |
2332 | |
| 80. | jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin) |
2312 | |
| 81. | haacked (Phil Haack) |
2266 | |
| 82. | mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin) |
2247 | |
| 83. | kevmoo (Kevin Moore) |
2229 | |
| 84. | DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin) |
2200 | |
| 85. | eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel) |
2179 | |
| 86. | tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley) |
2164 | |
| 87. | sferik (Erik Berlin) |
2149 | |
| 88. | abraham (Abraham Williams) |
2144 | |
| 89. | wycats (Yehuda Katz) |
2142 | |
| 90. | kousen (Ken Kousen) |
2060 | |
| 91. | mmp (Matt Pharr) |
2059 | |
| 92. | jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans) |
2039 | |
| 93. | LeaVerou (Lea Verou) |
2016 | |
| 94. | facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot) |
2007 | |
| 95. | jamesgpearce (James Pearce) |
1988 | |
| 96. | ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus) |
1985 | |
| 97. | steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik) |
1982 | |
| 98. | codahale (Coda Hale) |
1936 | |
| 99. | charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh) |
1924 | |
| 100. | nedbat (Ned Batchelder) |
1907 | |
| 101. | pamelafox (Pamela Fox) |
1898 | |
| 102. | jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin) |
1874 | |
| 103. | bagder (Daniel Stenberg) |
1857 | |
| 104. | ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson) |
1844 | |
| 105. | keith (Keith Smiley) |
1827 | |
| 106. | tyrchen (Tyr Chen) |
1821 | |
| 107. | stefanpenner (Stefan Penner) |
1805 | |
| 108. | santosomar (Omar Santos) |
1779 | |
| 109. | schollz (Zack) |
1759 | |
| 110. | JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨) |
1733 | |
| 111. | zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine) |
1722 | |
| 112. | wshobson (Seth Hobson) |
1699 | |
| 113. | bdougie (Brian Douglas) |
1699 | |
| 114. | shanselman (Scott Hanselman) |
1698 | |
| 115. | adamdotdevin (Adam) |
1697 | |
| 116. | kean (Alex Grebenyuk) |
1681 | |
| 117. | rob0pup (Robin) |
1651 | |
| 118. | mrocklin (Matthew Rocklin) |
1631 | |
| 119. | jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens) |
1624 | |
| 120. | migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza) |
1621 | |
| 121. | gitster (Junio C Hamano) |
1602 | |
| 122. | TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich) |
1601 | |
| 123. | ZacSweers (Zac Sweers) |
1593 | |
| 124. | ttscoff (Brett Terpstra) |
1580 | |
| 125. | jamesward (James Ward) |
1576 | |
| 126. | hwdsl2 (Lin Song) |
1571 | |
| 127. | tananaev (Anton Tananaev) |
1570 | |
| 128. | davidortinau (David Ortinau) |
1558 | |
| 129. | yihui (Yihui Xie) |
1554 | |
| 130. | gr2m (Gregor Martynus) |
1548 | |
| 131. | c4pt0r (dongxu) |
1540 | |
| 132. | jeremy (Jeremy Daer) |
1534 | |
| 133. | kunchenguid (Kun Chen) |
1484 | |
| 134. | Alex313031 (Alex F.) |
1484 | |
| 135. | DavidWells (David Wells) |
1468 | |
| 136. | mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt) |
1447 | |
| 137. | mraible (Matt Raible) |
1447 | |
| 138. | joshlong (Josh Long) |
1446 | |
| 139. | zachlatta (Zach Latta) |
1443 | |
| 140. | jgm (John MacFarlane) |
1431 | |
| 141. | geohot (George Hotz) |
1393 | |
| 142. | Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman) |
1391 | |
| 143. | pbakaus (Paul Bakaus) |
1384 | |
| 144. | nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi) |
1378 | |
| 145. | davidfowl (David Fowler) |
1355 | |
| 146. | hanxiao (Han Xiao) |
1354 | |
| 147. | rakyll (Jaana Dogan) |
1313 | |
| 148. | jasnell (James M Snell) |
1299 | |
| 149. | csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz) |
1294 | |
| 150. | mjackson (Michael Jackson) |
1292 | |
| 151. | himself65 (Alex Yang) |
1275 | |
| 152. | chenglou (Cheng Lou) |
1275 | |
| 153. | cnlohr (cnlohr) |
1272 | |
| 154. | davila7 (Daniel Avila) |
1260 | |
| 155. | evanphx (Evan Phoenix) |
1254 | |
| 156. | ezyang (Edward Z. Yang) |
1249 | |
| 157. | skeeto (Christopher Wellons) |
1245 | |
| 158. | huan (Huan Li) |
1240 | |
| 159. | JakeWharton (Jake Wharton) |
1230 | |
| 160. | ChristianChiarulli (Christian Chiarulli) |
1227 | |
| 161. | burkeholland (Burke Holland) |
1225 | |
| 162. | BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley) |
1223 | |
| 163. | stolinski (Scott Tolinski) |
1217 | |
| 164. | zeke (Zeke Sikelianos) |
1215 | |
| 165. | kriskowal (Kris Kowal) |
1211 | |
| 166. | ThioJoe () |
1166 | |
| 167. | mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel) |
1158 | |
| 168. | killme2008 (dennis zhuang) |
1156 | |
| 169. | jonathanong (jongleberry) |
1143 | |
| 170. | fffaraz (Faraz) |
1125 | |
| 171. | dmmulroy (Dillon Mulroy) |
1113 | |
| 172. | valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin) |
1106 | |
| 173. | yzhao062 (Yue Zhao) |
1095 | |
| 174. | tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov) |
1082 | |
| 175. | bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov) |
1046 | |
| 176. | GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider) |
1044 | |
| 177. | progrium (Jeff Lindsay) |
1028 | |
| 178. | dherman (Dave Herman) |
1019 | |
| 179. | eliben (Eli Bendersky) |
1017 | |
| 180. | wu-sheng (吴晟 Wu Sheng) |
1015 | |
| 181. | AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan) |
1007 | |
| 182. | Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner) |
1000 | |
| 183. | glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos) |
999 | |
| 184. | EvanBacon (Evan Bacon) |
999 | |
| 185. | msitarzewski (Michael Sitarzewski) |
996 | |
| 186. | hemanth (Hemanth HM) |
993 | |
| 187. | nickjj (Nick Janetakis) |
985 | |
| 188. | Trott (Rich Trott) |
982 | |
| 189. | jasonlong (Jason Long) |
975 | |
| 190. | isaacs (isaacs) |
968 | |
| 191. | tridao (Tri Dao) |
961 | |
| 192. | holdenk (Holden Karau) |
952 | |
| 193. | PatrickJS (PatrickJS) |
952 | |
| 194. | bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick) |
945 | |
| 195. | mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy) |
925 | |
| 196. | stephentoub (Stephen Toub) |
921 | |
| 197. | andygrove (Andy Grove) |
918 | |
| 198. | rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey) |
905 | |
| 199. | Huxpro (Xuan Huang (黄玄)) |
891 | |
| 200. | BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant) |
886 | |
| 201. | zacharee (Zachary Wander) |
885 | |
| 202. | lh3 (Heng Li) |
873 | |
| 203. | khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran) |
872 | |
| 204. | danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️) |
866 | |
| 205. | stephencelis (Stephen Celis) |
860 | |
| 206. | creationix (Tim Caswell) |
858 | |
| 207. | geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling) |
854 | |
| 208. | ColeMurray (Cole Murray) |
846 | |
| 209. | curran (Curran Kelleher) |
839 | |
| 210. | wagoodman (Alex Goodman) |
836 | |
| 211. | onamfc (Brandon Estrella) |
835 | |
| 212. | palkan (Vladimir Dementyev) |
827 | |
| 213. | aarondfrancis (Aaron Francis) |
824 | |
| 214. | garrytan (Garry Tan) |
820 | |
| 215. | zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳) |
820 | |
| 216. | rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo) |
815 | |
| 217. | RocketGod-git (RocketGod) |
809 | |
| 218. | ericniebler (Eric Niebler) |
809 | |
| 219. | ekzhang (Eric Zhang) |
798 | |
| 220. | KentBeck (Kent Beck) |
793 | |
| 221. | ardalis (Steve "Ardalis" Smith) |
790 | |
| 222. | andrewrk (Andrew Kelley) |
772 | |
| 223. | mattt (Mattt) |
772 | |
| 224. | danvega (Dan Vega) |
769 | |
| 225. | benhalpern (Ben Halpern) |
766 | |
| 226. | ktbyers (Kirk Byers) |
762 | |
| 227. | ladyada (Limor "Ladyada" Fried) |
762 | |
| 228. | jxnl (Jason Liu) |
756 | |
| 229. | rodydavis (Rody Davis) |
756 | |
| 230. | dovvnloading (Matthew Wesney) |
755 | |
| 231. | zhyncs (Yineng Zhang) |
753 | |
| 232. | bradtraversy (Brad Traversy) |
736 | |
| 233. | ahmadawais (Ahmad Awais) |
734 | |
| 234. | lynnandtonic (Lynn Fisher) |
728 | |
| 235. | dmtrKovalenko (Dmitriy Kovalenko) |
728 | |
| 236. | carllerche (Carl Lerche) |
727 | |
| 237. | terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang) |
712 | |
| 238. | aslushnikov (Andrey Lushnikov) |
710 | |
| 239. | schneems (Richard Schneeman) |
708 | |
| 240. | swyxio (swyx.io) |
706 | |
| 241. | sebastienros (Sébastien Ros) |
705 | |
| 242. | praeclarum (Frank A. Krueger) |
698 | |
| 243. | loiane (Loiane Groner) |
697 | |
| 244. | j2kun (Jeremy Kun) |
693 | |
| 245. | ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury) |
693 | |
| 246. | abi (Abi Raja) |
690 | |
| 247. | coreyhaines31 (Corey Haines) |
689 | |
| 248. | craigsdennis (Craig Dennis) |
689 | |
| 249. | tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery ) |
686 | |
| 250. | alexforencich (Alex Forencich) |
675 | |
| 251. | Eugeny (Eugene) |
660 | |
| 252. | gboeing (Geoff Boeing) |
660 | |
| 253. | Dhravya (Dhravya Shah) |
657 | |
| 254. | davidkpiano (David Khourshid) |
655 | |
| 255. | brendandburns (Brendan Burns) |
654 | |
| 256. | thockin (Tim Hockin) |
647 |
| Rank | Organization | Members |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | tc39 | 8 |
| 2. | microsoft | 7 |
| 3. | apache | 6 |
| 4. | azure | 5 |
| 5. | rubinius | 5 |
| 6. | nodejs | 5 |
| 7. | conda-forge | 5 |
| 8. | dotnet | 5 |
| 9. | openai | 4 |
| 10. | github-stars | 4 |