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 2026-08-07 02:12:10 +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 1895096 total users in the region and you need at least 1509 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
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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	steipete (Peter Steinberger)	67705
2.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	64310
3.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	34168
4.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	26943
5.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	26375
6.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	24509
7.	vincentkoc (Vincent Koc)	23539
8.	seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2)	22963
9.	obra (Jesse Vincent)	20820
10.	lalalune (Shaw)	18584
11.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	14710
12.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	12779
13.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	10662
14.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	10503
15.	steveyegge (Steve Yegge)	10411
16.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	9767
17.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	9356
18.	CharGrnmn (Charlie Greenman )	9189
19.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	9144
20.	danielhanchen (Daniel Han)	8565
21.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	7839
22.	webxos (webXOS)	7697
23.	yeasy (Baohua Yang)	7231
24.	vczh ()	7218
25.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	7119
26.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	7115
27.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	5887
28.	mxcl (Max Howell)	5665
29.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	5564
30.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	5529
31.	jdx ()	5451
32.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	5432
33.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	5314
34.	arun-gupta (Arun Gupta)	5306
35.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	5218
36.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	4897
37.	benbalter (Ben Balter)	4791
38.	josh (Joshua Peek)	4756
39.	simonw (Simon Willison)	4566
40.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4540
41.	stevekinney (Steve Kinney)	4505
42.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	4487
43.	0xSero (0xSero)	4460
44.	richlander (Rich Lander)	4297
45.	ed-donner (Ed Donner)	4197
46.	dcramer (David Cramer)	4126
47.	unclebob (Robert C. Martin)	4118
48.	ctate (Chris Tate)	4088
49.	steven-tey (Steven Tey)	4047
50.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	4036
51.	SukkaW (Sukka)	4031
52.	lucidrains (Phil Wang)	3889
53.	edemaine (Erik Demaine)	3855
54.	chrislusf (Chris Lu)	3849
55.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	3828
56.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	3673
57.	punkpeye (Frank Fiegel)	3648
58.	samuelclay (Samuel Clay)	3600
59.	johnleider (John Leider)	3574
60.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	3548
61.	wesm (Wes McKinney)	3415
62.	Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun)	3403
63.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	3389
64.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	3299
65.	Raynos (Jake Verbaten)	3183
66.	afollestad (Aidan Follestad)	3089
67.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	3088
68.	madskristensen (Mads Kristensen)	3082
69.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	3082
70.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	3061
71.	JimLiu (Jim Liu 宝玉)	2984
72.	jongalloway (Jon Galloway)	2933
73.	umputun (Umputun)	2823
74.	mike-north (Mike North)	2607
75.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2603
76.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	2603
77.	csev (Charles Severance)	2493
78.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	2390
79.	leafo (leaf corcoran)	2390
80.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	2379
81.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	2378
82.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	2333
83.	evanphx (Evan Phoenix)	2321
84.	haacked (Phil Haack)	2305
85.	kevmoo (Kevin Moore)	2301
86.	DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin)	2292
87.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	2281
88.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	2226
89.	wycats (Yehuda Katz)	2179
90.	sferik (Erik Berlin)	2165
91.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	2140
92.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	2138
93.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	2067
94.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	2061
95.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	2051
96.	steveklabnik (Steve Klabnik)	2031
97.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	2027
98.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	2019
99.	schollz (Zack)	2007
100.	codahale (Coda Hale)	1980
101.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	1978
102.	Iron-Ham (Hesham Salman)	1969
103.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1964
104.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	1946
105.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	1914
106.	jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin)	1896
107.	ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson)	1871
108.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1854
109.	stefanpenner (Stefan Penner)	1854
110.	jeremy (Jeremy Daer)	1840
111.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	1832
112.	kean (Alex Grebenyuk)	1812
113.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	1769
114.	tyrchen (Tyr Chen)	1768
115.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1767
116.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	1747
117.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	1735
118.	shanselman (Scott Hanselman)	1708
119.	jamesward (James Ward)	1702
120.	adamdotdevin (Adam)	1688
121.	ttscoff (Brett Terpstra)	1686
122.	wshobson (Seth Hobson)	1660
123.	kunchenguid (Kun Chen)	1658
124.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	1657
125.	jordanhudgens (Jordan Hudgens)	1656
126.	migueldeicaza (Miguel de Icaza)	1643
127.	mrocklin (Matthew Rocklin)	1631
128.	TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich)	1630
129.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1610
130.	hwdsl2 (Lin Song)	1609
131.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	1601
132.	rob0pup (Robin)	1582
133.	gr2m (Gregor Martynus)	1579
134.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1578
135.	davidortinau (David Ortinau)	1555
136.	yihui (Yihui Xie)	1555
137.	pbakaus (Paul Bakaus)	1540
138.	c4pt0r (dongxu)	1539
139.	DavidWells (David Wells)	1521
140.	Alex313031 (Alex F.)	1503
141.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1483
142.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1457
143.	mraible (Matt Raible)	1451
144.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	1445
145.	geohot (George Hotz)	1424
146.	jasnell (James M Snell)	1416
147.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1407
148.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	1332
149.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1313
150.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	1310
151.	chenglou (Cheng Lou)	1305
152.	zeke (Zeke Sikelianos)	1283
153.	csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz)	1274
154.	stolinski (Scott Tolinski)	1272
155.	nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi)	1264
156.	jonathanong (jongleberry)	1262
157.	skeeto (Christopher Wellons)	1262
158.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1255
159.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1252
160.	BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley)	1246
161.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1245
162.	huan (Huan Li)	1240
163.	burkeholland (Burke Holland)	1235
164.	dmmulroy (Dillon Mulroy)	1217
165.	kriskowal (Kris Kowal)	1210
166.	davila7 (Daniel Avila)	1205
167.	rakyll (Jaana Dogan)	1193
168.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1179
169.	killme2008 (dennis zhuang)	1173
170.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	1158
171.	ThioJoe ()	1147
172.	fffaraz (Faraz)	1124
173.	yzhao062 (Yue Zhao)	1121
174.	holdenk (Holden Karau)	1109
175.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	1080
176.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1054
177.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1053
178.	hemanth (Hemanth HM)	1046
179.	wu-sheng (吴晟 Wu Sheng)	1042
180.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	1035
181.	AdminTurnedDevOps (Michael Levan)	1029
182.	dherman (Dave Herman)	1021
183.	msitarzewski (Michael Sitarzewski)	1015
184.	eliben (Eli Bendersky)	1001
185.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	999
186.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	998
187.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	993
188.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	991
189.	Trott (Rich Trott)	988
190.	tridao (Tri Dao)	988
191.	jasonlong (Jason Long)	985
192.	isaacs (isaacs)	980
193.	PatrickJS (PatrickJS)	973
194.	andygrove (Andy Grove)	970
195.	ColeMurray (Cole Murray)	962
196.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	958
197.	Huxpro (Xuan Huang (黄玄))	951
198.	dovvnloading (Matthew Wesney)	935
199.	zacharee (Zachary Wander)	930
200.	garrytan (Garry Tan)	923
201.	stephentoub (Stephen Toub)	904
202.	mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy)	902
203.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	900
204.	danielmiessler (Daniel Miessler 🛡️)	881
205.	danvega (Dan Vega)	876
206.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	875
207.	rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey)	874
208.	lh3 (Heng Li)	860
209.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	860
210.	creationix (Tim Caswell)	858
211.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	854
212.	wagoodman (Alex Goodman)	832
213.	zhaochenyang20 (赵晨阳)	829
214.	rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo)	825
215.	aarondfrancis (Aaron Francis)	824
216.	RocketGod-git (RocketGod)	821
217.	onamfc (Brandon Estrella)	817
218.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	807
219.	ericniebler (Eric Niebler)	793
220.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	792
221.	bradtraversy (Brad Traversy)	790
222.	ekzhang (Eric Zhang)	788
223.	ardalis (Steve "Ardalis" Smith)	779
224.	kentonv (Kenton Varda)	775
225.	mattt (Mattt)	773
226.	lynnandtonic (Lynn Fisher)	769
227.	benhalpern (Ben Halpern)	766
228.	ladyada (Limor "Ladyada" Fried)	761
229.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	758
230.	rodydavis (Rody Davis)	755
231.	hassanhabib (Hassan Habib)	753
232.	ktbyers (Kirk Byers)	752
233.	sebastienros (Sébastien Ros)	752
234.	ahmadawais (Ahmad Awais)	751
235.	swyxio (swyx.io)	745
236.	ryansolid (Ryan Carniato)	743
237.	SteveMacenski (Steve Macenski)	739
238.	carllerche (Carl Lerche)	731
239.	aslushnikov (Andrey Lushnikov)	728
240.	j2kun (Jeremy Kun)	728
241.	schneems (Richard Schneeman)	726
242.	Eugeny (Eugene)	722
243.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	722
244.	dmtrKovalenko (Dmitriy Kovalenko)	722
245.	ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury)	719
246.	coreyhaines31 (Corey Haines)	711
247.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	708
248.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	708
249.	loiane (Loiane Groner)	705
250.	abi (Abi Raja)	694
251.	alexforencich (Alex Forencich)	685
252.	davidkpiano (David Khourshid)	685
253.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	680
254.	craigsdennis (Craig Dennis)	674
255.	praeclarum (Frank A. Krueger)	672
256.	Dhravya (Dhravya Shah)	666

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