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 2026-08-24 03:48:50 +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 1903738 total users in the region and you need at least 1517 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) |
71964 | |
| 2. | jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen) |
66543 | |
| 3. | rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley) |
32983 | |
| 4. | lalalune (Shaw) |
32924 | |
| 5. | RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin) |
26556 | |
| 6. | brianchandotcom (Brian Chan) |
25109 | |
| 7. | vincentkoc (Vincent Koc) |
23946 | |
| 8. | zhaoolee (zhaoolee) |
23353 | |
| 9. | obra (Jesse Vincent) |
22468 | |
| 10. | seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2) |
19993 | |
| 11. | ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas) |
14995 | |
| 12. | alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez) |
12836 | |
| 13. | jwiegley (John Wiegley) |
11822 | |
| 14. | hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane) |
11142 | |
| 15. | steveyegge (Steve Yegge) |
10441 | |
| 16. | PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan) |
9977 | |
| 17. | rtfeldman (Richard Feldman) |
9572 | |
| 18. | danielhanchen (Daniel Han) |
9509 | |
| 19. | tianon (Tianon Gravi) |
9295 | |
| 20. | bdraco (J. Nick Koston) |
8083 | |
| 21. | leecalcote (Lee Calcote) |
7728 | |
| 22. | joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson) |
7419 | |
| 23. | yeasy (Baohua Yang) |
7258 | |
| 24. | edemaine (Erik Demaine) |
7133 | |
| 25. | vczh () |
7046 | |
| 26. | ankane (Andrew Kane) |
7002 | |
| 27. | mxcl (Max Howell) |
6756 | |
| 28. | giswqs (Qiusheng Wu) |
6456 | |
| 29. | colinhacks (Colin McDonnell) |
6161 | |
| 30. | jdx () |
6040 | |
| 31. | pirate (Nick Sweeting) |
6025 | |
| 32. | kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds) |
5886 | |
| 33. | zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili) |
5235 | |
| 34. | nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis) |
5074 | |
| 35. | kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz) |
5015 | |
| 36. | stevekinney (Steve Kinney) |
4952 | |
| 37. | josh (Joshua Peek) |
4943 | |
| 38. | benbalter (Ben Balter) |
4845 | |
| 39. | 0xSero (0xSero) |
4842 | |
| 40. | richlander (Rich Lander) |
4789 | |
| 41. | simonw (Simon Willison) |
4647 | |
| 42. | arun-gupta (Arun Gupta) |
4623 | |
| 43. | dcramer (David Cramer) |
4616 | |
| 44. | jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller) |
4476 | |
| 45. | unclebob (Robert C. Martin) |
4337 | |
| 46. | ed-donner (Ed Donner) |
4247 | |
| 47. | ctate (Chris Tate) |
4239 | |
| 48. | jlevy (Joshua Levy) |
4074 | |
| 49. | chrislusf (Chris Lu) |
4057 | |
| 50. | dtolnay (David Tolnay) |
4042 | |
| 51. | SukkaW (Sukka) |
4024 | |
| 52. | vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov) |
3948 | |
| 53. | Raynos (Jake Verbaten) |
3908 | |
| 54. | mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto) |
3857 | |
| 55. | steven-tey (Steven Tey) |
3847 | |
| 56. | wesm (Wes McKinney) |
3706 | |
| 57. | lucidrains (Phil Wang) |
3699 | |
| 58. | punkpeye (Frank Fiegel) |
3645 | |
| 59. | hadley (Hadley Wickham) |
3584 | |
| 60. | torvalds (Linus Torvalds) |
3566 | |
| 61. | johnleider (John Leider) |
3545 | |
| 62. | samuelclay (Samuel Clay) |
3527 | |
| 63. | Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun) |
3399 | |
| 64. | AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT) |
3398 | |
| 65. | afollestad (Aidan Follestad) |
3332 | |
| 66. | mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas) |
3108 | |
| 67. | ljharb (Jordan Harband) |
3097 | |
| 68. | umputun (Umputun) |
3073 | |
| 69. | ericmjl (Eric Ma) |
3055 | |
| 70. | madskristensen (Mads Kristensen) |
3045 | |
| 71. | JimLiu (Jim Liu 宝玉) |
3007 | |
| 72. | jongalloway (Jon Galloway) |
2895 | |
| 73. | glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher) |
2835 | |
| 74. | jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin) |
2664 | |
| 75. | kevmoo (Kevin Moore) |
2631 | |
| 76. | mike-north (Mike North) |
2617 | |
| 77. | sferik (Erik Berlin) |
2560 | |
| 78. | taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell) |
2521 | |
| 79. | evanphx (Evan Phoenix) |
2515 | |
| 80. | leafo (leaf corcoran) |
2503 | |
| 81. | csev (Charles Severance) |
2462 | |
| 82. | haacked (Phil Haack) |
2401 | |
| 83. | tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley) |
2394 | |
| 84. | steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik) |
2385 | |
| 85. | tarcieri (Tony Arcieri) |
2306 | |
| 86. | mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin) |
2297 | |
| 87. | webxos (webXOS) |
2293 | |
| 88. | eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel) |
2269 | |
| 89. | mmp (Matt Pharr) |
2205 | |
| 90. | wycats (Yehuda Katz) |
2203 | |
| 91. | jeremy (Jeremy Daer) |
2200 | |
| 92. | ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus) |
2174 | |
| 93. | abraham (Abraham Williams) |
2171 | |
| 94. | kean (Alex Grebenyuk) |
2167 | |
| 95. | charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh) |
2075 | |
| 96. | Tyriar (Daniel Imms) |
2011 | |
| 97. | Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman) |
2011 | |
| 98. | jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans) |
2011 | |
| 99. | schollz (Zack) |
2010 | |
| 100. | codahale (Coda Hale) |
1986 | |
| 101. | kousen (Ken Kousen) |
1980 | |
| 102. | DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin) |
1978 | |
| 103. | bagder (Daniel Stenberg) |
1977 | |
| 104. | jamesgpearce (James Pearce) |
1975 | |
| 105. | hanxiao (Han Xiao) |
1916 | |
| 106. | LeaVerou (Lea Verou) |
1908 | |
| 107. | ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson) |
1891 | |
| 108. | kunchenguid (Kun Chen) |
1872 | |
| 109. | holdenk (Holden Karau) |
1867 | |
| 110. | nedbat (Ned Batchelder) |
1866 | |
| 111. | TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich) |
1852 | |
| 112. | JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨) |
1839 | |
| 113. | ttscoff (Brett Terpstra) |
1836 | |
| 114. | stefanpenner (Stefan Penner) |
1822 | |
| 115. | jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin) |
1822 | |
| 116. | keith (Keith Smiley) |
1812 | |
| 117. | jonathanong (jongleberry) |
1791 | |
| 118. | shanselman (Scott Hanselman) |
1783 | |
| 119. | tyrchen (Tyr Chen) |
1776 | |
| 120. | migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza) |
1756 | |
| 121. | jamesward (James Ward) |
1752 | |
| 122. | santosomar (Omar Santos) |
1743 | |
| 123. | pamelafox (Pamela Fox) |
1733 | |
| 124. | facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot) |
1732 | |
| 125. | zachlatta (Zach Latta) |
1725 | |
| 126. | hwdsl2 (Lin Song) |
1712 | |
| 127. | jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens) |
1710 | |
| 128. | wshobson (Seth Hobson) |
1696 | |
| 129. | adamdotdevin (Adam) |
1645 | |
| 130. | ZacSweers (Zac Sweers) |
1637 | |
| 131. | mrocklin (Matthew Rocklin) |
1631 | |
| 132. | pbakaus (Paul Bakaus) |
1625 | |
| 133. | tananaev (Anton Tananaev) |
1574 | |
| 134. | gr2m (Gregor Martynus) |
1570 | |
| 135. | gitster (Junio C Hamano) |
1568 | |
| 136. | zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine) |
1566 | |
| 137. | DavidWells (David Wells) |
1559 | |
| 138. | yihui (Yihui Xie) |
1558 | |
| 139. | c4pt0r (dongxu) |
1538 | |
| 140. | davidortinau (David Ortinau) |
1536 | |
| 141. | Alex313031 (Alex F.) |
1493 | |
| 142. | jasnell (James M Snell) |
1488 | |
| 143. | rob0pup (Robin) |
1439 | |
| 144. | mraible (Matt Raible) |
1434 | |
| 145. | jgm (John MacFarlane) |
1421 | |
| 146. | mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt) |
1421 | |
| 147. | ezyang (Edward Z. Yang) |
1408 | |
| 148. | geohot (George Hotz) |
1389 | |
| 149. | bdougie (Brian Douglas) |
1374 | |
| 150. | mjackson (Michael Jackson) |
1351 | |
| 151. | tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov) |
1347 | |
| 152. | zeke (Zeke Sikelianos) |
1342 | |
| 153. | joshlong (Josh Long) |
1335 | |
| 154. | yzhao062 (Yue Zhao) |
1334 | |
| 155. | rakyll (Jaana Dogan) |
1327 | |
| 156. | davidfowl (David Fowler) |
1316 | |
| 157. | stolinski (Scott Tolinski) |
1305 | |
| 158. | dmmulroy (Dillon Mulroy) |
1302 | |
| 159. | chenglou (Cheng Lou) |
1297 | |
| 160. | csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz) |
1277 | |
| 161. | gajus (Gajus Kuizinas) |
1270 | |
| 162. | skeeto (Christopher Wellons) |
1260 | |
| 163. | burkeholland (Burke Holland) |
1237 | |
| 164. | kriskowal (Kris Kowal) |
1213 | |
| 165. | huan (Huan Li) |
1212 | |
| 166. | BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley) |
1208 | |
| 167. | killme2008 (dennis zhuang) |
1202 | |
| 168. | mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel) |
1185 | |
| 169. | ColeMurray (Cole Murray) |
1167 | |
| 170. | nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi) |
1154 | |
| 171. | cnlohr (cnlohr) |
1128 | |
| 172. | JakeWharton (Jake Wharton) |
1114 | |
| 173. | ThioJoe () |
1113 | |
| 174. | fffaraz (Faraz) |
1110 | |
| 175. | yocontra (Eric Schoffstall) |
1104 | |
| 176. | AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan) |
1099 | |
| 177. | Huxpro (Xuan Huang (黄玄)) |
1076 | |
| 178. | hemanth (Hemanth HM) |
1071 | |
| 179. | wu-sheng (吴晟 Wu Sheng) |
1069 | |
| 180. | davila7 (Daniel Avila) |
1062 | |
| 181. | msitarzewski (Michael Sitarzewski) |
1060 | |
| 182. | hassanhabib (Hassan Habib) |
1052 | |
| 183. | Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner) |
1047 | |
| 184. | dovvnloading (Matthew Wesney) |
1045 | |
| 185. | GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider) |
1036 | |
| 186. | garrytan (Garry Tan) |
1033 | |
| 187. | dherman (Dave Herman) |
1016 | |
| 188. | bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov) |
1012 | |
| 189. | anonrig (Yagiz Nizipli) |
1008 | |
| 190. | valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin) |
999 | |
| 191. | nickjj (Nick Janetakis) |
989 | |
| 192. | isaacs (isaacs) |
988 | |
| 193. | andygrove (Andy Grove) |
983 | |
| 194. | jasonlong (Jason Long) |
981 | |
| 195. | PatrickJS (PatrickJS) |
970 | |
| 196. | EvanBacon (Evan Bacon) |
969 | |
| 197. | eliben (Eli Bendersky) |
954 | |
| 198. | tridao (Tri Dao) |
945 | |
| 199. | bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick) |
922 | |
| 200. | progrium (Jeff Lindsay) |
912 | |
| 201. | lynnandtonic (Lynn Fisher) |
911 | |
| 202. | zacharee (Zachary Wander) |
906 | |
| 203. | stephentoub (Stephen Toub) |
898 | |
| 204. | danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️) |
895 | |
| 205. | mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy) |
879 | |
| 206. | danvega (Dan Vega) |
868 | |
| 207. | stephencelis (Stephen Celis) |
865 | |
| 208. | BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant) |
862 | |
| 209. | bradtraversy (Brad Traversy) |
856 | |
| 210. | lh3 (Heng Li) |
852 | |
| 211. | davidkpiano (David Khourshid) |
851 | |
| 212. | rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo) |
849 | |
| 213. | geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling) |
839 | |
| 214. | creationix (Tim Caswell) |
835 | |
| 215. | mattt (Mattt) |
832 | |
| 216. | zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳) |
830 | |
| 217. | wagoodman (Alex Goodman) |
828 | |
| 218. | RocketGod-git (RocketGod) |
825 | |
| 219. | ericniebler (Eric Niebler) |
822 | |
| 220. | aarondfrancis (Aaron Francis) |
817 | |
| 221. | Eugeny (Eugene) |
798 | |
| 222. | sebastienros (Sébastien Ros) |
794 | |
| 223. | coreyhaines31 (Corey Haines) |
791 | |
| 224. | willingc (Carol Willing) |
791 | |
| 225. | ardalis (Steve "Ardalis" Smith) |
786 | |
| 226. | ryansolid (Ryan Carniato) |
776 | |
| 227. | ekzhang (Eric Zhang) |
772 | |
| 228. | glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos) |
772 | |
| 229. | khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran) |
772 | |
| 230. | palkan (Vladimir Dementyev) |
771 | |
| 231. | dabit3 (Nader Dabit) |
765 | |
| 232. | rodydavis (Rody Davis) |
758 | |
| 233. | ahmadawais (Ahmad Awais) |
752 | |
| 234. | alexforencich (Alex Forencich) |
751 | |
| 235. | benhalpern (Ben Halpern) |
749 | |
| 236. | ladyada (Limor "Ladyada" Fried) |
747 | |
| 237. | onamfc (Brandon Estrella) |
741 | |
| 238. | Trott (Rich Trott) |
741 | |
| 239. | brianlovin (Brian Lovin) |
738 | |
| 240. | swyxio (swyx.io) |
731 | |
| 241. | aslushnikov (Andrey Lushnikov) |
728 | |
| 242. | jxnl (Jason Liu) |
722 | |
| 243. | dmtrKovalenko (Dmitriy Kovalenko) |
720 | |
| 244. | ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury) |
717 | |
| 245. | terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang) |
715 | |
| 246. | loiane (Loiane Groner) |
713 | |
| 247. | aphyr (Kyle Kingsbury) |
708 | |
| 248. | ktbyers (Kirk Byers) |
707 | |
| 249. | KentBeck (Kent Beck) |
707 | |
| 250. | j2kun (Jeremy Kun) |
699 | |
| 251. | Dhravya (Dhravya Shah) |
694 | |
| 252. | abi (Abi Raja) |
694 | |
| 253. | AllThingsSmitty (Matt Smith) |
685 | |
| 254. | kentonv (Kenton Varda) |
684 | |
| 255. | Cyan4973 (Yann Collet) |
682 | |
| 256. | SteveMacenski (Steve Macenski) |
678 |
| Rank | Organization | Members |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | tc39 | 8 |
| 2. | microsoft | 7 |
| 3. | apache | 6 |
| 4. | dotnet | 5 |
| 5. | nodejs | 5 |
| 6. | conda-forge | 5 |
| 7. | rubinius | 5 |
| 8. | github-stars | 4 |
| 9. | openai | 4 |
| 10. | azure | 4 |