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 2025-12-06 01:16:39 +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 1749498 total users in the region and you need at least 904 followers to be on this list.

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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	46429
2.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	32874
3.	Charles-Chrismann (Charles Chrismann)	31550
4.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	31262
5.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	25960
6.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	18945
7.	harperreed (Harper Reed)	14572
8.	g0t4 (Wes Higbee)	12086
9.	segiddins (Samuel Giddins)	10478
10.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	10368
11.	timkpaine (Tim Paine)	8231
12.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	8121
13.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	6951
14.	AArnott (Andrew Arnott)	6700
15.	obra (Jesse Vincent)	6359
16.	mxcl (Max Howell)	5996
17.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	5883
18.	vladmandic (Vladimir Mandic)	5865
19.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	5187
20.	leecalcote (Lee Calcote)	5172
21.	basnijholt (Bas Nijholt)	5093
22.	ralyodio (Anthony Ettinger)	5011
23.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	4882
24.	lucidrains (Phil Wang)	4376
25.	josh (Joshua Peek)	4216
26.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	4166
27.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	4103
28.	scripting (Dave Winer)	4056
29.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4002
30.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	3877
31.	alexeagle (Alex Eagle)	3844
32.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	3806
33.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	3775
34.	danielhanchen (Daniel Han)	3771
35.	teamdandelion (Dandelion Mané)	3687
36.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	3599
37.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	3591
38.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	3515
39.	haydenbleasel (Hayden Bleasel)	3392
40.	schwa (Jonathan Wight)	3363
41.	SukkaW (Sukka)	3343
42.	snakajima (Satoshi Nakajima)	3266
43.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	3173
44.	punkpeye (Frank Fiegel)	3086
45.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	3071
46.	jdx ()	3069
47.	lalalune (Shaw)	2962
48.	Innei (Innei)	2938
49.	namin (Nada Amin)	2909
50.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	2895
51.	Lyne6666 (Lyne)	2868
52.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	2792
53.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	2777
54.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2745
55.	simonw (Simon Willison)	2714
56.	ashvardanian (Ash Vardanian)	2683
57.	indirect (André Arko)	2650
58.	natew (Nate Wienert)	2645
59.	yonggekkk (甬哥侃侃侃ygkkk)	2635
60.	vczh ()	2607
61.	gadenbuie (Garrick Aden-Buie)	2555
62.	arun-gupta (Arun Gupta)	2546
63.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	2538
64.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	2521
65.	aleclarson (Alec Larson)	2510
66.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	2432
67.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	2414
68.	gafferongames (Glenn Fiedler)	2414
69.	schollz (Zack)	2391
70.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	2323
71.	cerenyilmazjinx (Cereny)	2280
72.	minrk (Min RK)	2241
73.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	2227
74.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	2213
75.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	2178
76.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	2163
77.	EdiWang (Edi Wang)	2155
78.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	2141
79.	jlowin (Jeremiah Lowin)	2132
80.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	2088
81.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	2061
82.	nathanchance (Nathan Chancellor)	2036
83.	apoelstra (Andrew Poelstra)	1989
84.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	1914
85.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	1911
86.	EmilHvitfeldt (Emil Hvitfeldt)	1876
87.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	1871
88.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	1869
89.	Hajjouz (Hajjouz)	1854
90.	umputun (Umputun)	1852
91.	woodruffw (William Woodruff)	1848
92.	curran (Curran Kelleher)	1843
93.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	1841
94.	benbalter (Ben Balter)	1806
95.	bshaffer (Brent Shaffer)	1800
96.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1770
97.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	1765
98.	major (Major Hayden)	1764
99.	jevinskie (Jevin Sweval)	1763
100.	vEnhance (Evan Chen)	1757
101.	swyxio (swyx.io)	1729
102.	sckott (Scott Chamberlain)	1683
103.	inducer (Andreas Klöckner)	1681
104.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	1680
105.	rohitpaulk (Paul Kuruvilla)	1672
106.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	1664
107.	kylebarron (Kyle Barron)	1662
108.	motdotla (Mot)	1652
109.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	1651
110.	koush (Koushik Dutta)	1639
111.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1624
112.	Vicfred (Vicfred)	1600
113.	afeld (Aidan Feldman)	1559
114.	jkitchin (John Kitchin)	1557
115.	gnachman (George Nachman)	1552
116.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	1547
117.	jefftriplett (Jeff Triplett)	1541
118.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1520
119.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	1511
120.	haacked (Phil Haack)	1508
121.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	1506
122.	webpro (Lars Kappert)	1493
123.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1470
124.	ed-donner (Ed Donner)	1467
125.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	1439
126.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1436
127.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	1430
128.	mikecao (Mike Cao)	1376
129.	csev (Charles Severance)	1358
130.	mattt (Mattt)	1353
131.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	1326
132.	ice1000 (Tesla Zhang‮)	1326
133.	technicalpickles (Josh Nichols)	1320
134.	ingydotnet (Ingy döt Net)	1314
135.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	1308
136.	christian-bromann (Christian Bromann)	1300
137.	ezozu (SRI KRISHNA KIREET GUNTUR)	1299
138.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	1296
139.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1293
140.	geohot (George Hotz)	1273
141.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	1273
142.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1259
143.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	1257
144.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	1255
145.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1255
146.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	1250
147.	ryanfleury (Ryan Fleury)	1244
148.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1240
149.	dcramer (David Cramer)	1235
150.	johnleider (John Leider)	1218
151.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	1213
152.	mraible (Matt Raible)	1212
153.	liuliu (Liu Liu)	1211
154.	k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun)	1201
155.	DavidWells (David Wells)	1200
156.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	1193
157.	rhatdan (Daniel J Walsh)	1189
158.	randombit (Jack Lloyd)	1188
159.	jacoblee93 (Jacob Lee)	1183
160.	davila7 (Daniel Avila)	1181
161.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	1179
162.	emeryberger (Emery Berger)	1169
163.	dims (Davanum Srinivas)	1153
164.	DanWahlin (Dan Wahlin)	1142
165.	rmurphey (Rebecca Murphey)	1129
166.	elicwhite (Eli White)	1127
167.	jongalloway (Jon Galloway)	1123
168.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1121
169.	virattt (Virat Singh)	1116
170.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	1110
171.	eyurtsev (Eugene Yurtsev)	1098
172.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1097
173.	kerneltoast (Sultan Alsawaf)	1096
174.	ardan-bkennedy (William Kennedy)	1095
175.	anmonteiro (Antonio Nuno Monteiro)	1094
176.	crutchcorn (Corbin Crutchley)	1093
177.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1087
178.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	1082
179.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1073
180.	awni (Awni Hannun)	1071
181.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	1067
182.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	1067
183.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	1065
184.	mokevnin (Kirill Mokevnin)	1063
185.	ThioJoe ()	1056
186.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	1056
187.	jaredly (Jared Forsyth)	1056
188.	danirabbit (Danielle Foré)	1054
189.	Marak ()	1050
190.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1050
191.	refcell (refcell)	1050
192.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1049
193.	thockin (Tim Hockin)	1038
194.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	1031
195.	bketelsen (Brian Ketelsen)	1029
196.	glyph (Glyph)	1027
197.	micheleriva (Michele Riva)	1027
198.	tommoor (Tom Moor)	1022
199.	nicknisi (Nick Nisi)	1019
200.	Trott (Rich Trott)	1017
201.	betomoedano (Beto)	1011
202.	v0lkan (Volkan Özçelik)	1007
203.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	1003
204.	MrChromebox (MrChromebox)	996
205.	amir20 (Amir Raminfar)	996
206.	connor4312 (Connor Peet)	995
207.	zacharee (Zachary Wander)	995
208.	icculus (Ryan C. Gordon)	994
209.	peterbe (Peter Bengtsson)	990
210.	adamdotdevin (Adam)	980
211.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	979
212.	ethanniser (Ethan Niser)	966
213.	brycelelbach (Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash)	965
214.	angiejones (Angie Jones)	951
215.	felangel (Felix Angelov)	950
216.	andrewheiss (Andrew Heiss)	950
217.	VikParuchuri (Vik Paruchuri)	950
218.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	947
219.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	940
220.	dblock (Daniel (dB.) Doubrovkine)	932
221.	0xCodeFuture (William Hatton)	931
222.	slavingia (Sahil Lavingia)	931
223.	zyedidia (Zachary Yedidia)	929
224.	mdancho84 (Matt Dancho)	923
225.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	923
226.	BinaryMuse (Michelle Tilley)	921
227.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	920
228.	codahale (Coda Hale)	916
229.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	915
230.	gboeing (Geoff Boeing)	914
231.	nfcampos (Nuno Campos)	907
232.	mkeeter (Matt Keeter)	907
233.	alysonla (Alyson La)	902
234.	hamelsmu (Hamel Husain)	889
235.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	884
236.	ConradIrwin (Conrad Irwin)	868
237.	justintadlock (Justin Tadlock)	868
238.	cezaraugusto (Cezar Augusto)	865
239.	saoudrizwan (Saoud Rizwan)	863
240.	dfinke (Doug Finke)	861
241.	ironicbadger (Alex Kretzschmar)	859
242.	eseidel (Eric Seidel)	853
243.	sunng87 (Ning Sun)	839
244.	coryhouse (Cory House)	834
245.	DevvObiero (Paul Obiero)	828
246.	sampsyo (Adrian Sampson)	828
247.	ardalis (Steve Smith)	818
248.	mikeckennedy (Michael Kennedy)	815
249.	wesm (Wes McKinney)	813
250.	subtleGradient (Tom Aylott)	811
251.	rwjblue (Robert Jackson)	803
252.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	801
253.	chrislusf (Chris Lu)	799
254.	nolimits4web (Vladimir Kharlampidi)	797
255.	jasnell (James M Snell)	795
256.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	792

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