About the data
This is the first year that Octoverse has conducted a survey.
Here, we summarize key demographics we asked our respondents.
Respondent gender
Respondent role in open source
Where respondents contribute code
Respondent years of experience writing software
< 6 months
6 months - 2 years
3 - 5 years
6 - 10 years
11 - 15 years
More than 16 years
Not applicable
< 6 months
6 months - 2 years
3 - 5 years
6 - 10 years
11 - 15 years
More than 16 years
Not applicable
Respondent industry
| Industry | % of responses |
|---|---|
| Not applicable | |
| Technology | |
| Not applicable - open source | |
| Financial Services | |
| Retail/Consumer/e-Commerce | |
| Other | |
| Media/Entertainment | |
| Insurance | |
| Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals | |
| Education | |
| Industrials & Manufacturing | |
| Energy | |
| Government | |
| Telecommunications |
Organization size
| People | % of responses |
|---|---|
| Not applicable | |
| 1-19 | |
| 20-99 | |
| 100-499 | |
| 500-1999 | |
| 2000-4999 | |
| 5000-9999 | |
| 10000+ |
Geographic distribution (of organisations) this year: by region or country
The size of the squares indicates the population. The color indicates how many orgs are using GitHub.
Geographic distribution (of organisations) this year, by continent
| Continent | % of organizations |
|---|---|
| North America | |
| Europe | |
| Asia | |
| Oceania | |
| South America | |
| Africa |
Respondent time zone compared to teammates
Not same time zone and schedule
Same time zone and schedule
Not applicable
51.6%
36.4%
12.1%