Web3 developers are at an all-time high and growing faster than ever.
- 18,000+ monthly active developers commit code in open source crypto and Web3 projects
- 34,000+ new developers committed code in 2021 — the highest in history
- 4,000+ monthly active open-source developers work on Ethereum, 680+ open-source developers work on Bitcoin
- 20%+ of new Web3 developers join the Ethereum ecosystem
- 65% of active developers in Web3 joined in 2021; 45% of full-time developers in Web3 joined in 2021
There are several vibrant ecosystems emerging beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- The largest ecosystems are Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Solana, BSC, NEAR, Avalanche, Tezos, Polygon, and Cardano, each with 250+ monthly active developers
- Polkadot, Solana, NEAR, BSC, Avalanche, and Terra are growing faster than Ethereum did at similar points in its history
- 2,500+ developers are working on DeFi projects. Less than 1,000 full-time developers are responsible for over $100 billion in total value locked in smart contracts
The growth of developers in Web3 has been record-breaking, but still represents a small, and rapidly expanding, percent of software engineers globally. We are still in the early innings of Web3.
