GitHub pool sizes for sourcing and hiring plans.
Go is mostly used by backend, cloud-native and Kubernetes tooling teams. This table shows how many Go 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 | 458,616 | 78,413 | 6,099 | 1.3% |
| Germany | 1,923 | 794 | 174 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 965 | 411 | 93 | 9.6% |
| Poland | 484 | 175 | 30 | 6.2% |
| Netherlands | 571 | 245 | 55 | 9.6% |
| Brazil | 702 | 282 | 58 | 8.3% |
| Canada | 971 | 423 | 92 | 9.5% |
Of the countries we track, Germany has the most Go developers with 50+ followers (174).
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