GitHub pool sizes for sourcing and hiring plans.
Scala is mostly used by data engineering and JVM backend teams. This table shows how many Scala 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 | 59,915 | 15,442 | 1,324 | 2.2% |
| Germany | 526 | 292 | 55 | 10.5% |
| United Kingdom | 312 | 199 | 37 | 11.9% |
| Poland | 216 | 127 | 21 | 9.7% |
| Netherlands | 185 | 123 | 24 | 13% |
| Brazil | 82 | 40 | 3 | 3.7% |
| Canada | 205 | 126 | 22 | 10.7% |
Of the countries we track, Germany has the most Scala developers with 50+ followers (55).
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