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JavaScript contributors on GitHub: year-over-year growth
Global: 24.8% in September 2024 – August 2025.
- 24.8% Latest · Global · September 2024 – August 2025
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- 1 Record · 1 region · 2024–2025
Verified 26 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period September 2025 – August 2026
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JavaScript contributors on GitHub: year-over-year growth
Global, September 2024 – August 2025
Every record
1 record · 1 region · 2024–2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
| Period | Value | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global 1 record | |||
| September 2024 – August 2025 | 24.8% | GitHub · 31 Aug 2025 | |
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- Definition
- Year-over-year percentage growth in the number of contributors to JavaScript repositories on GitHub (Octoverse year).
- Measure
- One slice of Contributors ( form: growth, segment: programming language ) . Total number of unique contributors to a project or codebase. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built | GitHub | — | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the latest javaScript contributors on GitHub: year-over-year growth?
Global: 24.8% in September 2024 – August 2025.
Where does this data come from?
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"JavaScript contributors on GitHub: year-over-year growth." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/github-javascript-contributor-year-over-year-growth-rate. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.
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