Ask HN: How many devs work on product X

#1

Post by omidfi » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 11:24 AM UTC

Is there a blog post somewhere about how many developer work different popular products? For example, how many devs work on: - Canva - Gmail - Trello

etc.

Re: Ask HN: How many devs work on product X

#2

Post by tata71 » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 2:48 PM UTC

Investors track this sort of thing, your best shot is there.

Re: Ask HN: How many devs work on product X

#3

Post by omidfi » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 10:11 PM UTC

tata71 wrote: post #2

Investors track this sort of thing, your best shot is there.

Good pointer, I got a friend working at a vc maybe he knows something.

Re: Ask HN: How many devs work on product X

#4

Post by softwaredoug » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 3:00 AM UTC

Go to LinkedIn and see how many employees work for each company. You can often see a breakdown by type of role on the company page as well.

Re: Ask HN: How many devs work on product X

#5

Post by omidfi » Thu, Nov 04, 2021, 6:21 AM UTC

softwaredoug wrote: post #4

Go to LinkedIn and see how many employees work for each company. You can often see a breakdown by type of role on the company page as well.

Thanks. For Trello as an example, I can see 95 employees on Linkedin. I couldn't find any breakdown by role, but anyesy that number is somewhat helpful. Max 95 developers then