Developer ecosystem signals · Public GitHub activity aggregated as research data
GitHub Innovation Graph: coverage and access
Study trends in public GitHub activity across included economies at an aggregate level.
What it covers
Geography and granularity
Geography: Economies included in the dataset
Granularity: Quarterly economy-level aggregates from 2020 onward
Source type: Public GitHub activity aggregated as research data
Potential use
Study trends in public GitHub activity across included economies at an aggregate level.
Access and cost
Downloadable structured files
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Cost: Public repository data; follow the repository license and attribution terms.
Update cadence: Quarterly series, with coverage described in the repository.
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Interpret carefully
Limits that affect the decision
Measures public activity on GitHub, aggregated by economy and quarter. It excludes private activity and is not a count of all developers or software spend.
Quarterly series, with coverage described in the repository.
This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.