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    "statement": "developers on GitHub in 2025, after more than 36 million joined in a year (over one per second)",
    "value_display": "180M+",
    "value_numeric": 180,
    "unit": "",
    "data_label": "Sep 2024 to Aug 2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-08-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Octoverse",
        "publisher": "GitHub",
        "type": "vendor",
        "url": "https://github.blog/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-developer-joins-github-every-second-as-ai-leads-typescript-to-1/",
    "source_quote": "Every second, more than one new developer on average joined GitHub—over 36 million in the past year. It’s our fastest absolute growth rate yet and 180 million-plus developers now work and build on GitHub .",
    "verification_note": "Read on github.blog Octoverse 2025 post (28 Oct 2025, updated 28 Feb 2026). Value is millions of accounts; unit count in millions. New stat.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
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    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/github-developers-total",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/github-developers-total.csv"
}