GitHub pool sizes for sourcing and hiring plans.
Elixir is mostly used by real-time, fintech and messaging backends. This table shows how many Elixir developers on GitHub list each country as their location. Counts as of October 2026; every country figure is a lower bound, since developers who leave location blank are not counted.
| Country | Users | 10+ repos | 50+ followers | Share with 50+ followers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 12,507 | 2,342 | 329 | 2.6% |
| Germany | 70 | 44 | 15 | 21.4% |
| United Kingdom | 40 | 27 | 9 | 22.5% |
| Poland | 49 | 34 | 8 | 16.3% |
| Netherlands | 34 | 18 | 3 | 8.8% |
| Brazil | 52 | 30 | 8 | 15.4% |
| Canada | 56 | 34 | 5 | 8.9% |
Of the countries we track, Germany has the most Elixir developers with 50+ followers (15).
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