Vendor dataAll sizesGlobal
180M+
developers on GitHub in 2025, after more than 36 million joined in a year (over one per second)
GitHub, Octoverse, Sep 2024 to Aug 2025
Vendor dataUpdated 23 Oct 2026
80%of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025
80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025 (Sep 2024 to Aug 2025, GitHub, Octoverse)
Vendor dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesGlobalWeb and software development · Developers
In plain words
What this number really says
80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025 (Sep 2024 to Aug 2025).
80%
the latest figure (Sep 2024 to Aug 2025)
Vendor data
type of source
Why you can trust it. GitHub, Octoverse: vendor data, a company measuring its own customers or panel.
Key facts
- Period Sep 2024 to Aug 2025
- Region Global
- Company size All sizes
- Next data 31 Oct 2026
Source: GitHub, Octoverse, Sep 2024 to Aug 2025
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- GitHub, Octoverse
- Source type
- Vendor data: A company measuring its own customers or panel
- What it measures
- 80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025
- Data period
- Sep 2024 to Aug 2025 (ends 31 Aug 2025)
- Published by the source
- 28 Oct 2025
- In the source's words
Moreover, AI adoption starts quickly: 80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week. TypeScript is now the most used language on GitHub .
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on github.blog Octoverse 2025 post. Vendor platform data. New stat.
- Reuse
- Cite with attribution. Platform data from GitHub users only; year = 1 Sep to 31 Aug.
- Next expected update
- 31 Oct 2026 (GitHub, yearly, late October)
- Original page
- github.blog: Octoverse
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
Full change log
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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GitHub. (2025). 80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/new-github-developers-using-copilot-first-week
MLA
"80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025." GitHub, Octoverse, Sep 2024 to Aug 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/new-github-developers-using-copilot-first-week.
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80% of new developers on GitHub use Copilot in their first week; TypeScript became GitHub's most used language in Aug 2025, for Sep 2024 to Aug 2025, according to GitHub, Octoverse. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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