Programming language contributor year-over-year growth rate

Python also continued to grow rapidly, adding roughly 850,000 contributors (+48.78% YoY), while JavaScript grew more slowly (+24.79%, ~427,000 contributors).

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GitHub. (2025). What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/what-the-fastest-growing-tools-reveal-about-how-software-is-being-built/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5S

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GitHub. "What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built." 2025, https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/what-the-fastest-growing-tools-reveal-about-how-software-is-being-built/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5S.

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GitHub. "What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built." 2025. https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/what-the-fastest-growing-tools-reveal-about-how-software-is-being-built/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5S.

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@misc{github2025programming50cq5s, author = {{GitHub}}, title = {What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ5S}, note = {Original source: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/what-the-fastest-growing-tools-reveal-about-how-software-is-being-built/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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