At a Glance
Hi, I'm Mona — the face of GitHub, watching over developers worldwide.
Today's topic, GitHub, is the world's largest AI-native developer platform — home to 240 million+ developers.
The Evolution of GitHub
Looking back at GitHub’s journey reveals where we are today.
AI Developer Platform
From Plan → Code → Review → Test & Security → Operate, AI on GitHub supports the entire SDLC end-to-end.
GitHub by the Numbers
- GitHub developers: 240 million+ worldwide (internal metric / 2026)
- GitHub Copilot paid users: 49 million+ (internal metric / 2026)
- Enterprise customers: 77,000+ (2024)
- ~90% of the Fortune 100 have adopted Copilot (2025)
- ~42% market share in paid AI coding tools (2025)
Platform Activity Is Surging
▮ CURRENT SCENARIO ── Development activity on GitHub is accelerating at an unprecedented pace.
Development Output Is Doubling Too
▮ MORE NUMBERS ── Pull request merges and repo creation are surging in the AI era too.
Source: GitHub Octoverse 2025 (monthly average; 2026 is a run-rate projection)
Industry Recognition
Third-party analysts also recognize GitHub as the leader in AI coding.
- IDC: Named a Leader in AI Coding and Software Engineering Technologies
- Gartner: Named a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents for the third consecutive year, placing highest in Ability to Execute (Gartner report)
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quadrantChart
title Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Coding Agents (2026)
x-axis Low Vision --> Completeness of Vision
y-axis Low Execution --> Ability to Execute
quadrant-1 Leaders
quadrant-2 Challengers
quadrant-3 Niche Players
quadrant-4 Visionaries
GitHub: [0.65, 0.77]
Cursor: [0.71, 0.75]
Anthropic: [0.66, 0.73]
OpenAI: [0.71, 0.71]
Cognition: [0.47, 0.61]
Google: [0.42, 0.58]
Amazon Web Services: [0.48, 0.55]
Alibaba Cloud: [0.45, 0.54]
Atlassian: [0.45, 0.45]
Tabnine: [0.51, 0.42]
BytePlus: [0.18, 0.32]
JetBrains: [0.21, 0.27]