Software developer population
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCJ-329G1VRE41-50CQ6E
Switzerland · as of 29 Oct 2024
Software developer population in Switzerland was more than 519,000 as of 29 October 2024 (GitHub).
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- Publisher
- GitHub
- Authority tier
- T3 Research
- Locator
- Europe and Middle East spotlights
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Switzerland, with just over 519,000 developers on GitHub, has taken a significant step to position itself at the forefront of public sector open source development by mandating all federal software be open source when possible.
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APA
GitHub. (2024). Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6E
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- GitHub. "Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges." 2024, https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6E.
- Chicago
- GitHub. "Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges." 2024. https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6E.
- BibTeX
- @misc{github2024software50cq6e, author = {{GitHub}}, title = {Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6E}, note = {Original source: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- GitHub · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 3 · Research and companies
- Report
- Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Europe and Middle East spotlights
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ6E