The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
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Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#2Someone should compile this against each country population number.
Would be interesting to get an approx number of coders per 1000 people in each country.
And then perhaps run it against natality rates.
Github list they used as a source : https://github.com/github/innovationgraph/blob/main/data/dev...
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#3These numbers imply 4.5% of the entire UK population had an active GitHub account in Q3 2023. Seems very high.
Unless there are people out there with huge numbers of accounts? Can anyone explain this?
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#4Someone should compile this against each country population number. Would be interesting to get an approx number of coders per 1000 people in each country. And then perhaps run it against natality rates. Github list they used as a source : https://github.com/github/innovationgraph/blob/main/data/dev...
Would also be interesting to compare quality of repositories, number of interactions, ...
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#5These numbers imply 4.5% of the entire UK population had an active GitHub account in Q3 2023. Seems very high. Unless there are people out there with huge numbers of accounts? Can anyone explain this?
I have one GitHub account for each employer where I had to use it for work, but most of those accounts would be inactive in any given year.
I suspect spammers using GitHub to host their spam, as well as inaccurate geolocation e.g. due to VPN usage.
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#6These numbers imply 4.5% of the entire UK population had an active GitHub account in Q3 2023. Seems very high. Unless there are people out there with huge numbers of accounts? Can anyone explain this?
Github is the bestest and cheapest way to have public but moderately used website.
-- There must be some throttling for heavy use. Otherwise it would explode.
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#7Someone should compile this against each country population number. Would be interesting to get an approx number of coders per 1000 people in each country. And then perhaps run it against natality rates. Github list they used as a source : https://github.com/github/innovationgraph/blob/main/data/dev...
Would also be interesting to compare quality of repositories, number of interactions, ...
https://github.com/gayanvoice/top-github-users/tree/main/mar...
I am #381 in Finland, which is weird, because all I do is occasionally adjust my home automation.
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#8These numbers imply 4.5% of the entire UK population had an active GitHub account in Q3 2023. Seems very high. Unless there are people out there with huge numbers of accounts? Can anyone explain this?
Fake profiles generated for spam or seo purposes is probably some notable percentage. Either accounts made to spam actual repos, or satellite properties like github pages. In the latter case, the accounts might open issues/comments/etc on github repos to create some link profile for seo purposes.
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would also be interesting to compare quality of repositories, number of interactions, ...
https://github.com/gayanvoice/top-github-users/tree/main/mar... I am #381 in Finland, which is weird, because all I do is occasionally adjust my home automation.
This list has a unique non-development related factor which is that you have to have a minimum number of followers (varying from country to country) so you might be very active and contribute much more than most of the people on the list but do not have the minimum followers required (38 in your country) so you are out.
Re: The fastest-growing countries for software development, according to GitHub
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would also be interesting to compare quality of repositories, number of interactions, ...
https://github.com/gayanvoice/top-github-users/tree/main/mar... I am #381 in Finland, which is weird, because all I do is occasionally adjust my home automation.
I’m #7 in Philippines, I am not sure why. I’m just forking things.