GitHub pool sizes for sourcing and hiring plans.
Rust is mostly used by systems, infrastructure, blockchain and security teams. This table shows how many Rust 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 | 176,070 | 21,568 | 1,825 | 1% |
| Germany | 860 | 293 | 54 | 6.3% |
| United Kingdom | 266 | 94 | 20 | 7.5% |
| Poland | 179 | 52 | 8 | 4.5% |
| Netherlands | 173 | 68 | 9 | 5.2% |
| Brazil | 225 | 54 | 7 | 3.1% |
| Canada | 293 | 99 | 15 | 5.1% |
Of the countries we track, Germany has the most Rust developers with 50+ followers (54).
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