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 2025-12-21 07:03:01 +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 1757057 total users in the region and you need at least 1411 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. | seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2) |
65676 | |
| 2. | rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley) |
46400 | |
| 3. | zhaoolee (zhaoolee) |
32935 | |
| 4. | Charles-Chrismann (Charles Chrismann) |
31883 | |
| 5. | RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin) |
31325 | |
| 6. | brianchandotcom (Brian Chan) |
25972 | |
| 7. | jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen) |
23298 | |
| 8. | tianon (Tianon Gravi) |
10326 | |
| 9. | alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez) |
7885 | |
| 10. | ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas) |
7158 | |
| 11. | mxcl (Max Howell) |
5912 | |
| 12. | facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot) |
5635 | |
| 13. | ankane (Andrew Kane) |
5284 | |
| 14. | bdraco (J. Nick Koston) |
4894 | |
| 15. | danielhanchen (Daniel Han) |
4590 | |
| 16. | kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds) |
4452 | |
| 17. | josh (Joshua Peek) |
4398 | |
| 18. | lucidrains (Phil Wang) |
4388 | |
| 19. | dtolnay (David Tolnay) |
4373 | |
| 20. | jwiegley (John Wiegley) |
4153 | |
| 21. | jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller) |
3963 | |
| 22. | vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov) |
3841 | |
| 23. | joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson) |
3769 | |
| 24. | mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto) |
3690 | |
| 25. | hadley (Hadley Wickham) |
3605 | |
| 26. | AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT) |
3414 | |
| 27. | SukkaW (Sukka) |
3390 | |
| 28. | nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis) |
3301 | |
| 29. | jdx () |
3272 | |
| 30. | lalalune (Shaw) |
3161 | |
| 31. | torvalds (Linus Torvalds) |
3125 | |
| 32. | punkpeye (Frank Fiegel) |
3051 | |
| 33. | rtfeldman (Richard Feldman) |
3027 | |
| 34. | jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin) |
2956 | |
| 35. | simonw (Simon Willison) |
2882 | |
| 36. | Innei (Innei) |
2845 | |
| 37. | Lyne6666 (Lyne) |
2760 | |
| 38. | taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell) |
2714 | |
| 39. | ericmjl (Eric Ma) |
2661 | |
| 40. | kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz) |
2659 | |
| 41. | JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨) |
2646 | |
| 42. | giswqs (Qiusheng Wu) |
2639 | |
| 43. | vczh () |
2602 | |
| 44. | arun-gupta (Arun Gupta) |
2547 | |
| 45. | yonggekkk (甬哥侃侃侃ygkkk) |
2536 | |
| 46. | benbalter (Ben Balter) |
2519 | |
| 47. | pirate (Nick Sweeting) |
2477 | |
| 48. | ljharb (Jordan Harband) |
2365 | |
| 49. | schollz (Zack) |
2310 | |
| 50. | Tyriar (Daniel Imms) |
2296 | |
| 51. | valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin) |
2278 | |
| 52. | eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel) |
2200 | |
| 53. | jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans) |
2172 | |
| 54. | glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher) |
2153 | |
| 55. | jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin) |
2126 | |
| 56. | zachlatta (Zach Latta) |
2118 | |
| 57. | samuelclay (Samuel Clay) |
2075 | |
| 58. | pamelafox (Pamela Fox) |
2040 | |
| 59. | abraham (Abraham Williams) |
2012 | |
| 60. | JakeWharton (Jake Wharton) |
1924 | |
| 61. | jlevy (Joshua Levy) |
1921 | |
| 62. | zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine) |
1916 | |
| 63. | umputun (Umputun) |
1913 | |
| 64. | bdougie (Brian Douglas) |
1867 | |
| 65. | ezyang (Edward Z. Yang) |
1860 | |
| 66. | curran (Curran Kelleher) |
1839 | |
| 67. | cnlohr (cnlohr) |
1777 | |
| 68. | swyxio (swyx.io) |
1752 | |
| 69. | rohitpaulk (Paul Kuruvilla) |
1697 | |
| 70. | nedbat (Ned Batchelder) |
1696 | |
| 71. | bagder (Daniel Stenberg) |
1693 | |
| 72. | tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley) |
1674 | |
| 73. | inducer (Andreas Klöckner) |
1666 | |
| 74. | csev (Charles Severance) |
1659 | |
| 75. | mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt) |
1617 | |
| 76. | haacked (Phil Haack) |
1604 | |
| 77. | mmp (Matt Pharr) |
1560 | |
| 78. | koush (Koushik Dutta) |
1544 | |
| 79. | bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov) |
1543 | |
| 80. | ed-donner (Ed Donner) |
1542 | |
| 81. | kousen (Ken Kousen) |
1510 | |
| 82. | santosomar (Omar Santos) |
1493 | |
| 83. | gitster (Junio C Hamano) |
1468 | |
| 84. | mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin) |
1467 | |
| 85. | LeaVerou (Lea Verou) |
1453 | |
| 86. | mattt (Mattt) |
1411 | |
| 87. | andrewrk (Andrew Kelley) |
1406 | |
| 88. | jamesgpearce (James Pearce) |
1396 | |
| 89. | geohot (George Hotz) |
1386 | |
| 90. | ZacSweers (Zac Sweers) |
1362 | |
| 91. | tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery ) |
1350 | |
| 92. | joshlong (Josh Long) |
1344 | |
| 93. | keith (Keith Smiley) |
1333 | |
| 94. | KentBeck (Kent Beck) |
1313 | |
| 95. | tananaev (Anton Tananaev) |
1288 | |
| 96. | zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili) |
1282 | |
| 97. | Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner) |
1266 | |
| 98. | jxnl (Jason Liu) |
1261 | |
| 99. | mraible (Matt Raible) |
1254 | |
| 100. | dcramer (David Cramer) |
1254 | |
| 101. | DavidWells (David Wells) |
1228 | |
| 102. | ekzhang (Eric Zhang) |
1228 | |
| 103. | stephencelis (Stephen Celis) |
1223 | |
| 104. | geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling) |
1215 | |
| 105. | mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas) |
1209 | |
| 106. | jongalloway (Jon Galloway) |
1202 | |
| 107. | khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran) |
1177 | |
| 108. | tarcieri (Tony Arcieri) |
1165 | |
| 109. | himself65 (Alex Yang) |
1140 | |
| 110. | DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin) |
1139 | |
| 111. | charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh) |
1133 | |
| 112. | rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey) |
1129 | |
| 113. | progrium (Jeff Lindsay) |
1128 | |
| 114. | emeryberger (Emery Berger) |
1125 | |
| 115. | virattt (Virat Singh) |
1100 | |
| 116. | GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider) |
1082 | |
| 117. | BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant) |
1075 | |
| 118. | mjackson (Michael Jackson) |
1067 | |
| 119. | davidfowl (David Fowler) |
1066 | |
| 120. | glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos) |
1065 | |
| 121. | jgm (John MacFarlane) |
1057 | |
| 122. | chrislusf (Chris Lu) |
1055 | |
| 123. | colinhacks (Colin McDonnell) |
1051 | |
| 124. | Marak () |
1050 | |
| 125. | tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov) |
1040 | |
| 126. | awni (Awni Hannun) |
1035 | |
| 127. | huan (Huan Li) |
1034 | |
| 128. | thockin (Tim Hockin) |
1032 | |
| 129. | hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane) |
1028 | |
| 130. | ice1000 (Tesla Zhang) |
1026 | |
| 131. | Trott (Rich Trott) |
1017 | |
| 132. | betomoedano (Beto) |
1006 | |
| 133. | mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel) |
1006 | |
| 134. | palkan (Vladimir Dementyev) |
1001 | |
| 135. | EvanBacon (Evan Bacon) |
995 | |
| 136. | angiejones (Angie Jones) |
972 | |
| 137. | hanxiao (Han Xiao) |
960 | |
| 138. | felangel (Felix Angelov) |
952 | |
| 139. | mdancho84 (Matt Dancho) |
947 | |
| 140. | ttscoff (Brett Terpstra) |
944 | |
| 141. | VikParuchuri (Vik Paruchuri) |
937 | |
| 142. | leafo (leaf) |
935 | |
| 143. | BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley) |
930 | |
| 144. | evanphx (Evan Phoenix) |
927 | |
| 145. | nickjj (Nick Janetakis) |
926 | |
| 146. | PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan) |
924 | |
| 147. | ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus) |
921 | |
| 148. | codahale (Coda Hale) |
913 | |
| 149. | gboeing (Geoff Boeing) |
905 | |
| 150. | alysonla (Alyson La) |
902 | |
| 151. | zhyncs (Yineng Zhang) |
900 | |
| 152. | ThioJoe () |
898 | |
| 153. | dfinke (Doug Finke) |
854 | |
| 154. | beejjorgensen (Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall ) |
846 | |
| 155. | hamelsmu (Hamel Husain) |
839 | |
| 156. | coryhouse (Cory House) |
833 | |
| 157. | terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang) |
828 | |
| 158. | wesm (Wes McKinney) |
812 | |
| 159. | ardalis (Steve Smith) |
810 | |
| 160. | jasnell (James M Snell) |
809 | |
| 161. | nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi) |
804 | |
| 162. | bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick) |
795 | |
| 163. | davidortinau (David Ortinau) |
784 | |
| 164. | alex (Alex Gaynor) |
782 | |
| 165. | Manishearth (Manish Goregaokar) |
774 | |
| 166. | jamesward (James Ward) |
765 | |
| 167. | anishathalye (Anish Athalye) |
759 | |
| 168. | evanw (Evan Wallace) |
755 | |
| 169. | mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy) |
753 | |
| 170. | yihui (Yihui Xie) |
744 | |
| 171. | gr2m (Gregor Martynus) |
741 | |
| 172. | kbroman (Karl Broman) |
737 | |
| 173. | zeke (Zeke Sikelianos) |
733 | |
| 174. | craigsdennis (Craig Dennis) |
730 | |
| 175. | tyrchen (Tyr Chen) |
720 | |
| 176. | eliben (Eli Bendersky) |
704 | |
| 177. | csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz) |
703 | |
| 178. | PatrickAlphaC (Patrick Collins) |
702 | |
| 179. | tmcw (Tom MacWright) |
701 | |
| 180. | jherr (Jack Herrington) |
697 | |
| 181. | SylvanFranklin (Sylvan Franklin) |
694 | |
| 182. | rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo) |
692 | |
| 183. | legomushroom (Oleg Solomko) |
684 | |
| 184. | aaronpk (Aaron Parecki) |
681 | |
| 185. | Cyan4973 (Yann Collet) |
672 | |
| 186. | AllenDowney (Allen Downey) |
664 | |
| 187. | zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳) |
657 | |
| 188. | mbrandonw (Brandon Williams) |
656 | |
| 189. | idimetrix (Dmitry Selikhov) |
654 | |
| 190. | mtlynch (Michael Lynch) |
653 | |
| 191. | migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza) |
651 | |
| 192. | lh3 (Heng Li) |
645 | |
| 193. | apparentlymart (Martin Atkins) |
625 | |
| 194. | tridao (Tri Dao) |
621 | |
| 195. | onamfc (Brandon Estrella) |
619 | |
| 196. | lattner (Chris Lattner) |
619 | |
| 197. | RocketGod-git (RocketGod) |
610 | |
| 198. | loiane (Loiane Groner) |
609 | |
| 199. | stefanpenner (Stefan Penner) |
609 | |
| 200. | schneems (Richard Schneeman) |
607 | |
| 201. | neodigm (Scott C. Krause) |
604 | |
| 202. | danvega (Dan Vega) |
604 | |
| 203. | ericniebler (Eric Niebler) |
602 | |
| 204. | RickStrahl (Rick Strahl) |
602 | |
| 205. | calebporzio (Caleb Porzio) |
597 | |
| 206. | holdenk (Holden Karau) |
593 | |
| 207. | ktbyers (Kirk Byers) |
591 | |
| 208. | Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun) |
586 | |
| 209. | kevmoo (Kevin Moore) |
585 | |
| 210. | shiffman (Daniel Shiffman) |
581 | |
| 211. | nzakas (Nicholas C. Zakas) |
581 | |
| 212. | rodydavis (Rody Davis) |
578 | |
| 213. | alexforencich (Alex Forencich) |
578 | |
| 214. | kentonv (Kenton Varda) |
575 | |
| 215. | merrymercy (Lianmin Zheng) |
573 | |
| 216. | brandonroberts (Brandon Roberts) |
572 | |
| 217. | cheshire137 (Sarah Vessels) |
569 | |
| 218. | madskristensen (Mads Kristensen) |
560 | |
| 219. | willingc (Carol Willing) |
558 | |
| 220. | benhalpern (Ben Halpern) |
558 | |
| 221. | j2kun (Jeremy Kun) |
558 | |
| 222. | aphyr (Kyle Kingsbury) |
556 | |
| 223. | itzg (Geoff Bourne) |
555 | |
| 224. | isaacs (isaacs) |
547 | |
| 225. | edemaine (Erik Demaine) |
541 | |
| 226. | ehmatthes (Eric Matthes) |
539 | |
| 227. | rogerwang (Roger Wang) |
537 | |
| 228. | sebmarkbage (Sebastian Markbåge) |
532 | |
| 229. | davidism (David Lord) |
530 | |
| 230. | lynnandtonic (Lynn Fisher) |
530 | |
| 231. | wagoodman (Alex Goodman) |
528 | |
| 232. | adonovan (Alan Donovan) |
521 | |
| 233. | richlander (Rich Lander) |
518 | |
| 234. | EricZimmerman (Eric) |
514 | |
| 235. | stevekinney (Steve Kinney) |
509 | |
| 236. | drwpow (Drew Powers) |
509 | |
| 237. | burkeholland (Burke Holland) |
506 | |
| 238. | SteveMacenski (Steve Macenski) |
501 | |
| 239. | davepl (David W Plummer) |
501 | |
| 240. | Eugeny (Eugene) |
500 | |
| 241. | julianduque (Julián Duque) |
500 | |
| 242. | ethanflower1903 (Ethan Flower-01100101 01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110) |
498 | |
| 243. | tenderlove (Aaron Patterson) |
496 | |
| 244. | spencergibb (Spencer Gibb) |
496 | |
| 245. | johnno1962 (John Holdsworth) |
494 | |
| 246. | mike-north (Mike North) |
494 | |
| 247. | jasonlong (Jason Long) |
491 | |
| 248. | ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson) |
491 | |
| 249. | sloria (Steven Loria) |
487 | |
| 250. | jonathantneal (Jonathan Neal) |
486 | |
| 251. | colebemis (Cole Bemis) |
485 | |
| 252. | leimao (Lei Mao) |
484 | |
| 253. | brandon-rhodes (Brandon Rhodes) |
483 | |
| 254. | mahmoud (Mahmoud Hashemi) |
482 | |
| 255. | AllThingsSmitty (Matt Smith) |
476 | |
| 256. | devongovett (Devon Govett) |
474 |
| Rank | Organization | Members |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | microsoft | 8 |
| 2. | azure | 7 |
| 3. | github | 5 |
| 4. | nodejs | 5 |
| 5. | github-beta | 5 |
| 6. | conda-forge | 5 |
| 7. | apache | 5 |
| 8. | github-stars | 4 |
| 9. | tc39 | 4 |
| 10. | rust-lang | 4 |