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 2026-01-10 03:27:35 +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 1765169 total users in the region and you need at least 1426 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.	seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2)	62740
2.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	45890
3.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	32810
4.	Charles-Chrismann (Charles Chrismann)	32299
5.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	31129
6.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	28252
7.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	25972
8.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	10255
9.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	8399
10.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	8058
11.	lalalune (Shaw)	6577
12.	mxcl (Max Howell)	5806
13.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	5526
14.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	5484
15.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	5205
16.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4720
17.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	4584
18.	lucidrains (Phil Wang)	4447
19.	danielhanchen (Daniel Han)	4444
20.	josh (Joshua Peek)	4337
21.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	4124
22.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	4000
23.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	3997
24.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	3824
25.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	3794
26.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	3681
27.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	3621
28.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	3581
29.	SukkaW (Sukka)	3459
30.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	3390
31.	vczh ()	3268
32.	jdx ()	3200
33.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	3152
34.	simonw (Simon Willison)	3058
35.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	2977
36.	Innei (Innei)	2930
37.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	2918
38.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	2916
39.	punkpeye (Frank Fiegel)	2831
40.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	2781
41.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2763
42.	arun-gupta (Arun Gupta)	2757
43.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	2654
44.	emeryberger (Emery Berger)	2650
45.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	2630
46.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	2621
47.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	2614
48.	benbalter (Ben Balter)	2598
49.	Lyne6666 (Lyne)	2589
50.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	2256
51.	schollz (Zack)	2252
52.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	2249
53.	yonggekkk (甬哥侃侃侃ygkkk)	2242
54.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	2197
55.	samuelclay (Samuel Clay)	2180
56.	jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin)	2141
57.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	2100
58.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	2093
59.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	2070
60.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	2063
61.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	2061
62.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	2042
63.	umputun (Umputun)	2036
64.	rohitpaulk (Paul Kuruvilla)	1968
65.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	1895
66.	curran (Curran Kelleher - JFA)	1853
67.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	1842
68.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1838
69.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	1826
70.	csev (Charles Severance)	1818
71.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	1781
72.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	1772
73.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	1769
74.	swyxio (swyx.io)	1747
75.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	1673
76.	haacked (Phil Haack)	1662
77.	inducer (Andreas Klöckner)	1653
78.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	1629
79.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1611
80.	jongalloway (Jon Galloway)	1569
81.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1561
82.	mattt (Mattt)	1559
83.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1554
84.	ed-donner (Ed Donner)	1551
85.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	1520
86.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	1472
87.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1465
88.	dcramer (David Cramer)	1461
89.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	1430
90.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1416
91.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1402
92.	koush (Koushik Dutta)	1397
93.	geohot (George Hotz)	1392
94.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	1366
95.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	1360
96.	DavidWells (David Wells)	1354
97.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	1343
98.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1319
99.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	1314
100.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	1305
101.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	1291
102.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1279
103.	huan (Huan Li)	1269
104.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	1259
105.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	1255
106.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	1250
107.	ekzhang (Eric Zhang)	1239
108.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	1235
109.	chrislusf (Chris Lu)	1220
110.	leafo (leaf corcoran)	1216
111.	mraible (Matt Raible)	1204
112.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	1195
113.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1187
114.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	1173
115.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	1155
116.	rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey)	1129
117.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	1129
118.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	1126
119.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	1098
120.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1095
121.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	1092
122.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	1086
123.	nartc (Chau Tran)	1078
124.	DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin)	1076
125.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1059
126.	ttscoff (Brett Terpstra)	1053
127.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1044
128.	Trott (Rich Trott)	1041
129.	dfinke (Doug Finke)	1039
130.	virattt (Virat Singh)	1035
131.	thockin (Tim Hockin)	1034
132.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1029
133.	angiejones (Angie Jones)	1016
134.	wesm (Wes McKinney)	1016
135.	awni (Awni Hannun)	1015
136.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1012
137.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	990
138.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	976
139.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	967
140.	evanphx (Evan Phoenix)	962
141.	Marak ()	946
142.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	925
143.	betomoedano (Beto)	916
144.	felangel (Felix Angelov)	915
145.	codahale (Coda Hale)	910
146.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	903
147.	alysonla (Alyson La)	902
148.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	900
149.	BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley)	898
150.	VikParuchuri (Vik Paruchuri)	889
151.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	888
152.	beejjorgensen (Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall )	868
153.	coryhouse (Cory House)	859
154.	hamelsmu (Hamel Husain)	857
155.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	852
156.	mdancho84 (Matt Dancho)	851
157.	gboeing (Geoff Boeing)	843
158.	steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik)	832
159.	ThioJoe ()	828
160.	jasnell (James M Snell)	816
161.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	813
162.	sferik (Erik Berlin)	811
163.	craigsdennis (Craig Dennis)	810
164.	davidortinau (David Ortinau)	803
165.	nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi)	799
166.	ardalis (Steve Smith)	794
167.	mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy)	783
168.	alex (Alex Gaynor)	782
169.	madskristensen (Mads Kristensen)	776
170.	migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza)	775
171.	csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz)	770
172.	gr2m (Gregor Martynus)	768
173.	zeke (Zeke Sikelianos)	763
174.	stevekinney (Steve Kinney)	754
175.	Manishearth (Manish Goregaokar)	752
176.	tyrchen (Tyr Chen)	752
177.	wycats (Yehuda Katz)	735
178.	jamesward (James Ward)	733
179.	evanw (Evan Wallace)	729
180.	dataprofessor (Chanin Nantasenamat)	726
181.	anishathalye (Anish Athalye)	722
182.	kbroman (Karl Broman)	719
183.	ice1000 (Tesla Zhang‮)	718
184.	yihui (Yihui Xie)	715
185.	jherr (Jack Herrington)	704
186.	Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun)	697
187.	rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo)	696
188.	eliben (Eli Bendersky)	694
189.	legomushroom (Oleg Solomko)	683
190.	tmcw (Tom MacWright)	679
191.	onamfc (Brandon Estrella)	678
192.	zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳)	677
193.	PatrickAlphaC (Patrick Collins)	674
194.	AllenDowney (Allen Downey)	671
195.	lh3 (Heng Li)	670
196.	danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️)	668
197.	aaronpk (Aaron Parecki)	655
198.	idimetrix (Dmitry Selikhov)	653
199.	iheanyi (Iheanyi Ekechukwu)	649
200.	mbrandonw (Brandon Williams)	647
201.	neodigm (Scott C. Krause)	646
202.	tridao (Tri Dao)	645
203.	ericniebler (Eric Niebler)	640
204.	RocketGod-git (RocketGod)	636
205.	Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman)	632
206.	danvega (Dan Vega)	631
207.	lattner (Chris Lattner)	626
208.	alexforencich (Alex Forencich)	624
209.	calebporzio (Caleb Porzio)	611
210.	Cyan4973 (Yann Collet)	604
211.	ktbyers (Kirk Byers)	604
212.	schneems (Richard Schneeman)	603
213.	mtlynch (Michael Lynch)	600
214.	nzakas (Nicholas C. Zakas)	597
215.	stefanpenner (Stefan Penner)	595
216.	apparentlymart (Martin Atkins)	592
217.	SylvanFranklin (Sylvan Franklin)	586
218.	isaacs (isaacs)	582
219.	shiffman (Daniel Shiffman)	581
220.	kentonv (Kenton Varda)	580
221.	loiane (Loiane Groner)	573
222.	RickStrahl (Rick Strahl)	572
223.	rodydavis (Rody Davis)	569
224.	j2kun (Jeremy Kun)	565
225.	merrymercy (Lianmin Zheng)	564
226.	austintgriffith (Austin Griffith)	563
227.	rogerwang (Roger Wang)	561
228.	willingc (Carol Willing)	557
229.	mike-north (Mike North)	555
230.	kevmoo (Kevin Moore)	554
231.	wagoodman (Alex Goodman)	548
232.	aphyr (Kyle Kingsbury)	547
233.	itzg (Geoff Bourne)	544
234.	holdenk (Holden Karau)	541
235.	brandonroberts (Brandon Roberts)	539
236.	benhalpern (Ben Halpern)	538
237.	tenderlove (Aaron Patterson)	528
238.	lynnandtonic (Lynn Fisher)	528
239.	AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan)	528
240.	darbyluv2code (Chad Darby)	523
241.	hemanth (Hemanth HM)	520
242.	EricZimmerman (Eric)	516
243.	c4pt0r (dongxu)	516
244.	jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens)	515
245.	sebmarkbage (Sebastian Markbåge)	512
246.	SteveMacenski (Steve Macenski)	504
247.	mxstbr (Max Stoiber)	503
248.	richlander (Rich Lander)	501
249.	ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson)	501
250.	Eugeny (Eugene)	501
251.	ehmatthes (Eric Matthes)	501
252.	julianduque (Julián Duque)	499
253.	Alex313031 (Alex F.)	497
254.	lxRbckl (alex)	496
255.	adonovan (Alan Donovan)	496
256.	colebemis (Cole Bemis)	494

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