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 2025-07-26 01:15:37 +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 contributions for each user. There are 1686085 total users in the region and you need at least 1365 followers to be on this list.

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Rank	User	Contribs	Picture
1.	seanpm2001 (Sean P. Myrick V19.1.7.2)	72723
2.	rgbkrk (Kyle Kelley)	48437
3.	zhaoolee (zhaoolee)	33289
4.	RamiKrispin (Rami Krispin)	30918
5.	brianchandotcom (Brian Chan)	24447
6.	bdraco (J. Nick Koston)	15389
7.	Charles-Chrismann (Charles Chrismann)	13559
8.	jverkoey (Jeff Verkoeyen)	13497
9.	tianon (Tianon Gravi)	11991
10.	facebook-github-bot (Facebook Community Bot)	9133
11.	alesanchezr (Alejandro Sanchez)	8559
12.	ChrisRackauckas (Christopher Rackauckas)	8223
13.	JoshuaKGoldberg (Josh Goldberg ✨)	6242
14.	mxcl (Max Howell)	6123
15.	ankane (Andrew Kane)	5555
16.	hadley (Hadley Wickham)	5357
17.	mitchellh (Mitchell Hashimoto)	5294
18.	Tyriar (Daniel Imms)	5253
19.	charliermarsh (Charlie Marsh)	5246
20.	lxRbckl (Alex Arbuckle)	4924
21.	lalalune (Shaw)	4847
22.	lucidrains (Phil Wang)	4801
23.	Innei (Innei)	4514
24.	dtolnay (David Tolnay)	4496
25.	josh (Joshua Peek)	4392
26.	jackpot51 (Jeremy Soller)	4320
27.	kentcdodds (Kent C. Dodds)	4265
28.	ljharb (Jordan Harband)	4146
29.	glenn-jocher (Glenn Jocher)	4059
30.	simonw (Simon Willison)	4007
31.	joelparkerhenderson (Joel Parker Henderson)	3959
32.	jdx ()	3907
33.	ezyang (Edward Z. Yang)	3885
34.	AlexNesvit (Alex NESVIT)	3862
35.	giswqs (Qiusheng Wu)	3823
36.	vkarpov15 (Valeri Karpov)	3807
37.	pirate (Nick Sweeting)	3765
38.	SukkaW (Sukka)	3672
39.	JakeWharton (Jake Wharton)	3646
40.	rwxrob (Rob Muhlestein)	3623
41.	bagder (Daniel Stenberg)	3387
42.	rohitpaulk (Paul Kuruvilla)	3084
43.	schollz (Zack)	3035
44.	ericmjl (Eric Ma)	2986
45.	jasnell (James M Snell)	2984
46.	torvalds (Linus Torvalds)	2959
47.	pamelafox (Pamela Fox)	2914
48.	alex (Alex Gaynor)	2897
49.	Jarred-Sumner (Jarred Sumner)	2871
50.	ZacSweers (Zac Sweers)	2864
51.	taylorotwell (Taylor Otwell)	2829
52.	jgamblin (Jerry Gamblin)	2798
53.	zhyncs (Yineng Zhang)	2746
54.	koush (Koushik Dutta)	2708
55.	valyala (Aliaksandr Valialkin)	2701
56.	jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans)	2673
57.	inducer (Andreas Klöckner)	2576
58.	awni (Awni Hannun)	2574
59.	geohot (George Hotz)	2566
60.	LeaVerou (Lea Verou)	2506
61.	Lyne6666 (Lyne)	2500
62.	yonggekkk (甬哥侃侃侃ygkkk)	2456
63.	tarcieri (Tony Arcieri)	2409
64.	eddelbuettel (Dirk Eddelbuettel)	2307
65.	davidfowl (David Fowler)	2183
66.	zeux (Arseny Kapoulkine)	2172
67.	nikomatsakis (Niko Matsakis)	2168
68.	Manishearth (Manish Goregaokar)	2164
69.	ChrisTitusTech (Chris Titus)	2122
70.	mraible (Matt Raible)	2085
71.	stephencelis (Stephen Celis)	2082
72.	ijjk (JJ Kasper)	2074
73.	curran (Curran Kelleher)	2051
74.	dcramer (David Cramer)	2028
75.	mattgodbolt (Matt Godbolt)	1985
76.	EvanBacon (Evan Bacon)	1968
77.	felangel (Felix Angelov)	1925
78.	zachlatta (Zach Latta)	1876
79.	bahmutov (Gleb Bahmutov)	1867
80.	keith (Keith Smiley)	1857
81.	merrymercy (Lianmin Zheng)	1853
82.	jwiegley (John Wiegley)	1851
83.	BurntSushi (Andrew Gallant)	1849
84.	andygrove (Andy Grove)	1842
85.	nzakas (Nicholas C. Zakas)	1793
86.	terrytangyuan (Yuan Tang)	1783
87.	mmp (Matt Pharr)	1781
88.	umputun (Umputun)	1746
89.	cnlohr (cnlohr)	1737
90.	PatrickAlphaC (Patrick Collins)	1716
91.	kean (Alex Grebenyuk)	1709
92.	andrewrk (Andrew Kelley)	1709
93.	haacked (Phil Haack)	1702
94.	peterbe (Peter Bengtsson)	1679
95.	nedbat (Ned Batchelder)	1664
96.	vczh ()	1659
97.	jlevy (Joshua Levy)	1655
98.	hyperb1iss (Stefanie Jane)	1648
99.	nex3 (Natalie Weizenbaum)	1645
100.	emeryberger (Emery Berger)	1638
101.	joshlong (Josh Long)	1631
102.	edemaine (Erik Demaine)	1627
103.	tannerlinsley (Tanner Linsley)	1623
104.	himself65 (Alex Yang)	1621
105.	willingc (Carol Willing)	1616
106.	jakevdp (Jake Vanderplas)	1607
107.	abraham (Abraham Williams)	1596
108.	ThioJoe ()	1565
109.	mtlynch (Michael Lynch)	1559
110.	brandonroberts (Brandon Roberts)	1557
111.	mattt (Mattt)	1555
112.	zardus (Yan Shoshitaishvili)	1549
113.	yihui (Yihui Xie)	1497
114.	alysonla (Alyson La)	1488
115.	skyzh (Alex Chi Z.)	1463
116.	kevmoo (Kevin Moore)	1429
117.	santosomar (Omar Santos)	1415
118.	jxnl (Jason Liu)	1399
119.	mbrandonw (Brandon Williams)	1396
120.	gitster (Junio C Hamano)	1391
121.	tshemsedinov (Timur Shemsedinov)	1385
122.	schneems (Richard Schneeman)	1378
123.	ice1000 (Tesla Zhang‮)	1372
124.	kennethreitz (Kenneth Reitz)	1371
125.	mine-cetinkaya-rundel (Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel)	1336
126.	rtfeldman (Richard Feldman)	1336
127.	jamesgpearce (James Pearce)	1333
128.	VikParuchuri (Vik Paruchuri)	1327
129.	angiejones (Angie Jones)	1315
130.	sebmarkbage (Sebastian Markbåge)	1314
131.	wagoodman (Alex Goodman)	1313
132.	tomast1337 (Nicolas Vyčas Nery )	1313
133.	ericholscher (Eric Holscher)	1312
134.	jonahwilliams (Jonah Williams)	1292
135.	coryhouse (Cory House)	1292
136.	bdougie (Brian Douglas)	1286
137.	SteveMacenski (Steve Macenski)	1279
138.	devongovett (Devon Govett)	1276
139.	sebastienros (Sébastien Ros)	1274
140.	estelle (Estelle Weyl)	1267
141.	nolanlawson (Nolan Lawson)	1261
142.	bradfitz (Brad Fitzpatrick)	1252
143.	tananaev (Anton Tananaev)	1245
144.	geerlingguy (Jeff Geerling)	1236
145.	GloriousEggroll (Thomas Crider)	1235
146.	hamelsmu (Hamel Husain)	1232
147.	nartc (Chau Tran)	1225
148.	ternaus (Vladimir Iglovikov)	1217
149.	davidism (David Lord)	1212
150.	jgm (John MacFarlane)	1168
151.	leerob (Lee Robinson)	1160
152.	rmosolgo (Robert Mosolgo)	1156
153.	thockin (Tim Hockin)	1145
154.	drwpow (Drew Powers)	1135
155.	j2kun (Jeremy Kun)	1128
156.	mjackson (Michael Jackson)	1119
157.	deltakosh (David Catuhe)	1114
158.	Cyan4973 (Yann Collet)	1113
159.	ericniebler (Eric Niebler)	1107
160.	virattt (Virat Singh)	1099
161.	betomoedano (Beto)	1098
162.	juliasilge (Julia Silge)	1091
163.	KentBeck (Kent Beck)	1089
164.	csev (Charles Severance)	1087
165.	holdenk (Holden Karau)	1072
166.	mwaskom (Michael Waskom)	1067
167.	palkan (Vladimir Dementyev)	1064
168.	kousen (Ken Kousen)	1062
169.	hawkw (Eliza Weisman)	1060
170.	gr2m (Gregor Martynus)	1059
171.	rodydavis (Rody Davis)	1047
172.	shreyashankar (Shreya Shankar)	1043
173.	captainsafia (Safia Abdalla)	1042
174.	wu-sheng (吴晟 Wu Sheng)	1040
175.	sethvargo (Seth Vargo)	1030
176.	gboeing (Geoff Boeing)	1026
177.	donmccurdy (Don McCurdy)	1024
178.	Roasbeef (Olaoluwa Osuntokun)	1006
179.	killme2008 (dennis zhuang)	1003
180.	idimetrix (Dmitry Selikhov)	1001
181.	tmcw (Tom MacWright)	1000
182.	itzg (Geoff Bourne)	998
183.	DHowett (Dustin L. Howett)	989
184.	mistercrunch (Maxime Beauchemin)	988
185.	OfficialCodeVoyage (Pavlo Bondarenko)	984
186.	ttscoff (Brett Terpstra)	970
187.	benhalpern (Ben Halpern)	966
188.	jcheng5 (Joe Cheng)	965
189.	legomushroom (Oleg Solomko)	964
190.	colesbury (Sam Gross)	960
191.	codahale (Coda Hale)	957
192.	inancgumus (İnanç Gümüş)	957
193.	julien-c (Julien Chaumond)	954
194.	jamesward (James Ward)	944
195.	DavidWells (David Wells)	936
196.	nickjj (Nick Janetakis)	935
197.	percyliang (Percy Liang)	934
198.	TooTallNate (Nathan Rajlich)	934
199.	richlander (Rich Lander)	927
200.	csharpfritz (Jeffrey T. Fritz)	925
201.	zachgoll (Zach Gollwitzer)	919
202.	glaucia86 (Glaucia Lemos)	889
203.	stevekinney (Steve Kinney)	886
204.	ardalis (Steve Smith)	884
205.	lattner (Chris Lattner)	876
206.	kriskowal (Kris Kowal)	867
207.	gamemann (Christian Deacon)	866
208.	VictorTaelin (Victor Taelin)	863
209.	colinhacks (Colin McDonnell)	857
210.	mdancho84 (Matt Dancho)	855
211.	zeke (Zeke Sikelianos)	849
212.	Marak ()	840
213.	ramsey (Ben Ramsey)	828
214.	AllenDowney (Allen Downey)	828
215.	BohuTANG (Bohu)	814
216.	kentonv (Kenton Varda)	811
217.	natemoo-re (Nate Moore)	809
218.	ekzhang (Eric Zhang)	797
219.	PaulKinlan (Paul Kinlan)	794
220.	cheshire137 (Sarah Vessels)	794
221.	shykes (Solomon Hykes)	786
222.	hanxiao (Han Xiao)	776
223.	lvgalvao (Luciano Filho)	775
224.	tenderlove (Aaron Patterson)	773
225.	shiffman (Daniel Shiffman)	772
226.	aaronpk (Aaron Parecki)	769
227.	apparentlymart (Martin Atkins)	768
228.	mytechnotalent (Kevin Thomas)	763
229.	buckyroberts (Bucky Roberts)	760
230.	sloria (Steven Loria)	757
231.	catherineisonline (Ekaterine (Catherine) Mitagvaria)	754
232.	RickStrahl (Rick Strahl)	750
233.	neodigm (Scott C. Krause)	750
234.	ScriptedAlchemy (Zack Jackson)	749
235.	kbroman (Karl Broman)	747
236.	jackyzha0 (Jacky Zhao)	741
237.	earlephilhower (Earle F. Philhower, III)	740
238.	jaredhanson (Jared Hanson)	738
239.	eliben (Eli Bendersky)	729
240.	khuyentran1401 (Khuyen Tran)	726
241.	ChristianChiarulli (Christian Chiarulli)	725
242.	adonovan (Alan Donovan)	720
243.	beejjorgensen (Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall )	720
244.	excid3 (Chris Oliver)	718
245.	Eugeny (Eugene)	716
246.	Nutlope (Hassan El Mghari)	712
247.	craigsdennis (Craig Dennis)	710
248.	DamianEdwards (Damian Edwards)	704
249.	jart (Justine Tunney)	703
250.	frankmcsherry (Frank McSherry)	696
251.	progrium (Jeff Lindsay)	686
252.	leimao (Lei Mao)	675
253.	jamesqquick (James Q Quick)	675
254.	caffix (Jeff Foley)	668
255.	lh3 (Heng Li)	667
256.	jherr (Jack Herrington)	662

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