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 2026-03-11 01:21:09 +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 1797936 total users in the region and you need at least 1246 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:

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• Commits
• Contributions
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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2)	51603
2.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	44007
3.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	43672
4.	Charles-Chrismann (Charles Chrismann)	33187
5.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	31398
6.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	30498
7.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	26138
8.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	10237
9.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	9875
10.	steveyegge (Steve Yegge)	9450
11.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	9429
12.	obra (Jesse Vincent)	8925
13.	basnijholt (Bas Nijholt)	8789
14.	ralyodio (Anthony Ettinger)	8182
15.	lalalune (Shaw)	7864
16.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	5813
17.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	5787
18.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	5716
19.	leecalcote (Lee Calcote)	5452
20.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	5031
21.	AArnott (Andrew Arnott)	4994
22.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	4701
23.	joelhooks (Joel Hooks)	4495
24.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	4486
25.	vczh ()	4470
26.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	4293
27.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4185
28.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	4140
29.	josh (Joshua Peek)	4053
30.	teamdandelion (Dandelion Mané)	4018
31.	swyxio (swyx.io)	3995
32.	emeryberger (Emery Berger)	3950
33.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	3923
34.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	3914
35.	danielhanchen (Daniel Han)	3863
36.	simonw (Simon Willison)	3862
37.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	3770
38.	arun-gupta (Arun Gupta)	3742
39.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	3718
40.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	3515
41.	jdx ()	3484
42.	benbalter (Ben Balter)	3477
43.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	3465
44.	SukkaW (Sukka)	3437
45.	haydenbleasel (Hayden Bleasel)	3431
46.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	3407
47.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	3303
48.	samuelclay (Samuel Clay)	3270
49.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	3222
50.	dcramer (David Cramer)	3175
51.	bketelsen (Brian Ketelsen)	3158
52.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	3149
53.	punkpeye (Frank Fiegel)	3130
54.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	3123
55.	namin (Nada Amin)	3082
56.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	2736
57.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2714
58.	jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin)	2712
59.	ed-donner (Ed Donner)	2655
60.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	2568
61.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	2567
62.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	2495
63.	Unizuka22 (Unizuka)	2490
64.	johnleider (John Leider)	2365
65.	wesm (Wes McKinney)	2356
66.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	2325
67.	csev (Charles Severance)	2295
68.	ashvardanian (Ash Vardanian)	2243
69.	minrk (Min RK)	2236
70.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	2221
71.	umputun (Umputun)	2197
72.	rohitpaulk (Paul Kuruvilla)	2165
73.	schollz (Zack)	2156
74.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	2145
75.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	2136
76.	cerenyilmazjinx (Cereny)	2134
77.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	2124
78.	jongalloway (Jon Galloway)	2124
79.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	2087
80.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	2060
81.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	2048
82.	Lyne6666 (Lyne)	2028
83.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	2007
84.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	1981
85.	adamdotdevin (Adam)	1962
86.	mxcl (Max Howell)	1959
87.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	1958
88.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	1952
89.	haacked (Phil Haack)	1911
90.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	1897
91.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	1847
92.	christian-bromann (Christian Bromann)	1827
93.	jkitchin (John Kitchin)	1826
94.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	1823
95.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1813
96.	chrislusf (Chris Lu)	1790
97.	codahale (Coda Hale)	1751
98.	refcell (refcell)	1745
99.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1695
100.	leafo (leaf corcoran)	1682
101.	DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin)	1679
102.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	1668
103.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	1663
104.	inducer (Andreas Klöckner)	1643
105.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	1632
106.	curran (Curran Kelleher)	1630
107.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	1618
108.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1618
109.	madskristensen (Mads Kristensen)	1613
110.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1583
111.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	1576
112.	unclebob (Robert C. Martin)	1538
113.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1503
114.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1483
115.	mraible (Matt Raible)	1478
116.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1463
117.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	1453
118.	migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza)	1450
119.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1416
120.	Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun)	1390
121.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	1389
122.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1382
123.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	1377
124.	geohot (George Hotz)	1373
125.	csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz)	1372
126.	sferik (Erik Berlin)	1367
127.	mrocklin (Matthew Rocklin)	1356
128.	ttscoff (Brett Terpstra)	1349
129.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	1346
130.	yeasy (Baohua Yang)	1346
131.	DavidWells (David Wells)	1342
132.	davila7 (Daniel Avila)	1338
133.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	1334
134.	jaredly (Jared Forsyth)	1325
135.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1325
136.	mattt (Mattt)	1300
137.	huan (Huan Li)	1285
138.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	1283
139.	tommoor (Tom Moor)	1276
140.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	1268
141.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1255
142.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	1245
143.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1241
144.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	1232
145.	stevekinney (Steve Kinney)	1229
146.	thockin (Tim Hockin)	1227
147.	jeremy (Jeremy Daer)	1212
148.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	1207
149.	gr2m (Gregor Martynus)	1190
150.	jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens)	1186
151.	Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman)	1183
152.	richlander (Rich Lander)	1176
153.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	1164
154.	markjaquith (Mark Jaquith)	1153
155.	davidortinau (David Ortinau)	1139
156.	ekzhang (Eric Zhang)	1134
157.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	1132
158.	rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey)	1129
159.	koush (Koushik Dutta)	1118
160.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1099
161.	stephentoub (Stephen Toub)	1094
162.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	1091
163.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	1086
164.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1081
165.	aeyakovenko (anatoly yakovenko)	1071
166.	BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley)	1063
167.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	1058
168.	Trott (Rich Trott)	1056
169.	k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun)	1034
170.	jasnell (James M Snell)	1032
171.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1030
172.	dfinke (Doug Finke)	1028
173.	ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury)	1021
174.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	1014
175.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	1013
176.	evanphx (Evan Phoenix)	1003
177.	wycats (Yehuda Katz)	990
178.	steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik)	987
179.	stefanpenner (Stefan Penner)	981
180.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	972
181.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	971
182.	iheanyi (Iheanyi Ekechukwu)	965
183.	virattt (Virat Singh)	963
184.	tyrchen (Tyr Chen)	954
185.	zacharee (Zachary Wander)	951
186.	ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson)	937
187.	coryhouse (Cory House)	920
188.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	914
189.	mike-north (Mike North)	911
190.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	909
191.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	898
192.	peterbe (Peter Bengtsson)	897
193.	craigsdennis (Craig Dennis)	883
194.	burkeholland (Burke Holland)	868
195.	RocketGod-git (RocketGod)	867
196.	angiejones (Angie Jones)	863
197.	dherman (Dave Herman)	856
198.	Alex313031 (Alex F.)	855
199.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	847
200.	shanselman (Scott Hanselman)	846
201.	awni (Awni Hannun)	846
202.	kevmoo (Kevin Moore)	839
203.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	831
204.	ironicbadger (Alex Kretzschmar)	829
205.	jamesward (James Ward)	828
206.	nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi)	825
207.	mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy)	819
208.	gboeing (Geoff Boeing)	816
209.	betomoedano (Beto)	808
210.	dblock (Daniel (dB.) Doubrovkine)	805
211.	danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️)	800
212.	ktbyers (Kirk Byers)	799
213.	TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich)	791
214.	nartc (Chau Tran)	790
215.	ericniebler (Eric Niebler)	790
216.	Marak (marak.eth)	787
217.	felangel (Felix Angelov)	786
218.	idimetrix (Dmitry Selikhov)	782
219.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	776
220.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	770
221.	DevvObiero (Paul Obiero)	758
222.	tridao (Tri Dao)	756
223.	beejjorgensen (Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall )	754
224.	kbroman (Karl Broman)	753
225.	ConradIrwin (Conrad Irwin)	750
226.	zeke (Zeke Sikelianos)	750
227.	yihui (Yihui Xie)	750
228.	jacoblee93 (Jacob Lee)	749
229.	austintgriffith (Austin Griffith)	749
230.	kriskowal (Kris Kowal)	744
231.	rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo)	744
232.	onamfc (Brandon Estrella)	743
233.	ThioJoe ()	742
234.	isaacs (isaacs)	735
235.	neodigm (Scott C. Krause)	732
236.	ardalis (Steve Smith)	720
237.	lh3 (Heng Li)	705
238.	evanw (Evan Wallace)	705
239.	calebporzio (Caleb Porzio)	699
240.	zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳)	695
241.	Manishearth (Manish Goregaokar)	694
242.	drkostas (Kostas Georgiou)	690
243.	c4pt0r (dongxu)	688
244.	eliben (Eli Bendersky)	682
245.	alex (Alex Gaynor)	675
246.	bytemaster (Daniel Larimer)	667
247.	dmmulroy (Dillon Mulroy)	657
248.	aarondfrancis (Aaron Francis)	642
249.	AllenDowney (Allen Downey)	636
250.	tenderlove (Aaron Patterson)	633
251.	danvega (Dan Vega)	627
252.	AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan)	627
253.	apparentlymart (Martin Atkins)	627
254.	hemanth (Hemanth HM)	616
255.	ahmadawais (Ahmad Awais)	615
256.	jasonlong (Jason Long)	613

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