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Rob Levin

The developers gaining attention fastest right now — climbing in search, news, and social chatter, not just the ones already on top.

DevelopersFastest moversUpdated dailyHow fame is measured→
#ΔPersonCountryCategoryFameMomentum~
#199—RL
Rob Levin
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers46.1
23.6
#22▼1Rebecca Heineman
Rebecca Heineman
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers67.4
20.8
#52▼1Tim Schafer
Tim Schafer
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers58.2
20.6
#114▼1Jamshid Sharmahd
Jamshid Sharmahd
Germany flagGermanyDevelopers52.0
19.9
#42▼1Jihadi John
Jihadi John
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers60.7
19.8
#1—Elon Musk
Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAI
South Africa flagSouth AfricaDevelopers99.0
18.7
#7—Jonathan Blow
Jonathan Blow
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers74.5
18.1
#24▼1Eric S. Raymond
Eric S. Raymond
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers67.3
18.0
#54▼1Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth
Switzerland flagSwitzerlandDevelopers57.9
18.0
#126▼1Gavin Wood
Gavin Wood
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers51.4
17.6
#119▼1Blake Ross
Blake Ross
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers51.8
16.9
#3—Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO of Meta
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers87.1
16.5
#133▼1Park Jin Hyok
Park Jin Hyok
—Developers50.9
16.2
#30▼1Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
Germany flagGermanyDevelopers63.2
16.1
#6—Terry A. Davis
Terry A. Davis
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers75.8
15.7
#46▼1Alexandra Elbakyan
Alexandra Elbakyan
—Developers59.2
15.7
#87▼1Gennady Korotkevich
Gennady Korotkevich
—Developers54.1
15.7
#107▼1JC
James Clark
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers52.6
15.5
#58▼1Gary Kildall
Gary Kildall
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers57.2
15.5
#146—Warren Robinett
Warren Robinett
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers49.7
15.4
#40▼1Alexey Pajitnov
Alexey Pajitnov
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers60.9
15.3
#34▼1Markus Persson
Markus Persson
Sweden flagSwedenDevelopers62.5
15.2
#14▼1David Heinemeier Hansson
David Heinemeier Hansson
—Developers71.0
15.1
#11▲132David Plummer
David Plummer
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers71.9
15.0
#69▼1Ian Murdock
Ian Murdock
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers56.0
15.0
#76▼1AA
Alfred Aho
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers55.3
15.0
#115▼1Mitch Kapor
Mitch Kapor
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers52.0
15.0
#127▼1Mark Russinovich
Mark Russinovich
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers51.4
15.0
#56▼1Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers57.9
13.8
#149—Amir Taaki
Amir Taaki
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers49.5
13.2
#55▼1Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers57.9
13.0
#20▼1Eugene Kaspersky
Eugene Kaspersky
—Developers68.2
12.9
#60▼1Tony Hoare
Tony Hoare
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers57.1
12.9
#80▼1Alan Cox
Alan Cox
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers54.8
11.9
#88▼1Bradley M. Kühn
Bradley M. Kühn
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers54.0
11.7
#4—Julian Assange
Julian Assange
Australia flagAustraliaDevelopers79.5
11.3
#97▼1Khaled Mardam-Bey
Khaled Mardam-Bey
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers53.4
10.6
#41▼1Ryan North
Ryan North
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers60.8
10.6
#85▼1David Jones
David Jones
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers54.2
10.3
#59▼1Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann
—Developers57.1
10.2
#18▼1Ward Cunningham
Ward Cunningham
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers68.9
10.2
#2—Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds
Creator of Linux & Git
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers88.8
10.0
#63▼1Bill Joy
Bill Joy
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers56.4
10.0
#74▼1Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers55.6
10.0
#84▼1Andrew Tridgell
Andrew Tridgell
Australia flagAustraliaDevelopers54.4
10.0
#167—Kai Krause
Kai Krause
Germany flagGermanyDevelopers48.7
10.0
#176—Michael Reeves
Michael Reeves
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers48.3
10.0
#181—Mark Abene
Mark Abene
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers48.1
10.0
#94▼1Minh Le
Minh Le
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers53.5
10.0
#168—Gladys del Estal Ferreño
Gladys del Estal Ferreño
Spain flagSpainDevelopers48.6
8.9
#35▼1JM
Jed McCaleb
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers62.4
8.8
#13▼1Anders Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg
—Developers71.5
8.7
#135▼1Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton
Australia flagAustraliaDevelopers50.7
7.8
#9—Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
—Developers73.2
7.7
#15▼1Yukihiro Matsumoto
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Japan flagJapanDevelopers70.1
7.3
#53▼1Ivan Lanin
Ivan Lanin
Indonesia flagIndonesiaDevelopers58.0
7.3
#48▼1Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers58.8
7.2
#112▼1Jon Lech Johansen
Jon Lech Johansen
Norway flagNorwayDevelopers52.3
7.1
#95▼1Grady Booch
Grady Booch
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers53.4
7.0
#164—MT
Manfred Trenz
Germany flagGermanyDevelopers48.8
6.7
#5—Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers78.9
6.6
#77▼1Raymond Tomlinson
Raymond Tomlinson
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers55.3
6.2
#125▼1Raphaël Colantonio
Raphaël Colantonio
France flagFranceDevelopers51.5
5.9
#108▼1Tobias Lütke
Tobias Lütke
—Developers52.6
5.9
#139▼1Eric Allman
Eric Allman
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers50.4
5.8
#62▼1Larry Wall
Larry Wall
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers56.6
5.4
#8—George Hotz
George Hotz
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers73.7
5.3
#78▼1Mark Cerny
Mark Cerny
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers54.9
5.1
#21▼1BY Mister J Sons
BY Mister J Sons
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers67.4
5.0
#91▼1Hans Reiser
Hans Reiser
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers53.8
5.0
#197—David S. Miller
David S. Miller
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers46.4
5.0
#186—Gordon Lyon
Gordon Lyon
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers47.7
4.7
#150—CR
Carol Reiley
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers49.5
4.2
#138▼1Jon Hall
Jon Hall
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers50.5
4.1
#144—Theodore Ts'o
Theodore Ts'o
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers49.8
4.1
#71▼1Rasmus Lerdorf
Rasmus Lerdorf
—Developers55.8
3.9
#66▼1KP
Keith Packard
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers56.1
3.8
#171—Robert Sedgewick
Robert Sedgewick
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers48.5
3.7
#26—DM
Daito Manabe
Japan flagJapanDevelopers65.0
3.6
#64▼1Takashi Tezuka
Takashi Tezuka
Japan flagJapanDevelopers56.2
3.3
#25▼1Jordan Mechner
Jordan Mechner
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers65.4
3.3
#101▼1Betty Holberton
Betty Holberton
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers53.2
3.3
#147—John Giannandrea
John Giannandrea
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers49.7
3.2
#96▼1Patrick Volkerding
Patrick Volkerding
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers53.4
3.1
#92▼1Ulrich Drepper
Ulrich Drepper
—Developers53.7
3.1
#67▼1Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers56.0
3.1
#61▼1Ray Ozzie
Ray Ozzie
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers57.0
3.0
#179—Scott Meyers
Scott Meyers
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers48.1
3.0
#184—Ingo Molnár
Ingo Molnár
—Developers48.0
2.9
#99▼1Larry Tesler
Larry Tesler
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers53.3
2.9
#47▼1MJ
Moon Joon Yong
South Korea flagSouth KoreaDevelopers58.9
2.6
#154—Matthew Dillon
Matthew Dillon
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers49.1
2.6
#163—Andrei Alexandrescu
Andrei Alexandrescu
—Developers48.8
2.5
#185—Yury Maksimov
Yury Maksimov
—Developers47.9
2.5
#166—Eugene Jarvis
Eugene Jarvis
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers48.7
2.4
#132▼1Phil Katz
Phil Katz
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers51.0
2.4
#153—Julian LeFay
Julian LeFay
—Developers49.2
2.3
#10—John Romero
John Romero
United States flagUnited StatesDevelopers73.2
2.3
#82▼1Theo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt
Canada flagCanadaDevelopers54.7
2.3
#187—GC
Geoff Crammond
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomDevelopers47.7
2.2
  • #199
    RL
    Rob Levin
    Rising
    46.1
    Fame
  • #22
    Rebecca Heineman
    Rebecca Heineman
    Rising
    67.4
    Fame
  • #52
    Tim Schafer
    Tim Schafer
    Breakout
    58.2
    Fame
  • #114
    Jamshid Sharmahd
    Jamshid Sharmahd
    Breakout
    52.0
    Fame
  • #42
    Jihadi John
    Jihadi John
    Falling
    60.7
    Fame
  • #1
    Elon Musk
    Elon Musk
    CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, X. Founder of Neuralink, xAI
    Resurging
    99.0
    Fame
  • #7
    Jonathan Blow
    Jonathan Blow
    Breakout
    74.5
    Fame
  • #24
    Eric S. Raymond
    Eric S. Raymond
    Rising
    67.3
    Fame
  • #54
    Niklaus Wirth
    Niklaus Wirth
    Rising
    57.9
    Fame
  • #126
    Gavin Wood
    Gavin Wood
    Breakout
    51.4
    Fame
  • #119
    Blake Ross
    Blake Ross
    Breakout
    51.8
    Fame
  • #3
    Mark Zuckerberg
    Mark Zuckerberg
    CEO of Meta
    Breakout
    87.1
    Fame
  • #133
    Park Jin Hyok
    Park Jin Hyok
    Breakout
    50.9
    Fame
  • #30
    Eugen Rochko
    Eugen Rochko
    Breakout
    63.2
    Fame
  • #6
    Terry A. Davis
    Terry A. Davis
    Stable
    75.8
    Fame
  • #46
    Alexandra Elbakyan
    Alexandra Elbakyan
    Rising
    59.2
    Fame
  • #87
    Gennady Korotkevich
    Gennady Korotkevich
    Breakout
    54.1
    Fame
  • #107
    JC
    James Clark
    Breakout
    52.6
    Fame
  • #58
    Gary Kildall
    Gary Kildall
    Falling
    57.2
    Fame
  • #146
    Warren Robinett
    Warren Robinett
    Breakout
    49.7
    Fame
  • #40
    Alexey Pajitnov
    Alexey Pajitnov
    Stable
    60.9
    Fame
  • #34
    Markus Persson
    Markus Persson
    Stable
    62.5
    Fame
  • #14
    David Heinemeier Hansson
    David Heinemeier Hansson
    Stable
    71.0
    Fame
  • #11
    David Plummer
    David Plummer
    Breakout
    71.9
    Fame
  • #69
    Ian Murdock
    Ian Murdock
    Stable
    56.0
    Fame
  • #76
    AA
    Alfred Aho
    Stable
    55.3
    Fame
  • #115
    Mitch Kapor
    Mitch Kapor
    Breakout
    52.0
    Fame
  • #127
    Mark Russinovich
    Mark Russinovich
    Breakout
    51.4
    Fame
  • #56
    Andrew S. Tanenbaum
    Andrew S. Tanenbaum
    Stable
    57.9
    Fame
  • #149
    Amir Taaki
    Amir Taaki
    Breakout
    49.5
    Fame
  • #55
    Brian Kernighan
    Brian Kernighan
    Stable
    57.9
    Fame
  • #20
    Eugene Kaspersky
    Eugene Kaspersky
    Falling
    68.2
    Fame
  • #60
    Tony Hoare
    Tony Hoare
    Stable
    57.1
    Fame
  • #80
    Alan Cox
    Alan Cox
    Rising
    54.8
    Fame
  • #88
    Bradley M. Kühn
    Bradley M. Kühn
    Rising
    54.0
    Fame
  • #4
    Julian Assange
    Julian Assange
    Stable
    79.5
    Fame
  • #97
    Khaled Mardam-Bey
    Khaled Mardam-Bey
    Rising
    53.4
    Fame
  • #41
    Ryan North
    Ryan North
    Stable
    60.8
    Fame
  • #85
    David Jones
    David Jones
    Rising
    54.2
    Fame
  • #59
    Inge Lehmann
    Inge Lehmann
    Rising
    57.1
    Fame
  • #18
    Ward Cunningham
    Ward Cunningham
    Rising
    68.9
    Fame
  • #2
    Linus Torvalds
    Linus Torvalds
    Creator of Linux & Git
    Falling
    88.8
    Fame
  • #63
    Bill Joy
    Bill Joy
    Falling
    56.4
    Fame
  • #74
    Edith Windsor
    Edith Windsor
    Falling
    55.6
    Fame
  • #84
    Andrew Tridgell
    Andrew Tridgell
    Falling
    54.4
    Fame
  • #167
    Kai Krause
    Kai Krause
    Falling
    48.7
    Fame
  • #176
    Michael Reeves
    Michael Reeves
    Stable
    48.3
    Fame
  • #181
    Mark Abene
    Mark Abene
    Rising
    48.1
    Fame
  • #94
    Minh Le
    Minh Le
    Rising
    53.5
    Fame
  • #168
    Gladys del Estal Ferreño
    Gladys del Estal Ferreño
    Falling
    48.6
    Fame
  • #35
    JM
    Jed McCaleb
    Falling
    62.4
    Fame
  • #13
    Anders Hejlsberg
    Anders Hejlsberg
    Rising
    71.5
    Fame
  • #135
    Andrew Morton
    Andrew Morton
    Falling
    50.7
    Fame
  • #9
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Falling
    73.2
    Fame
  • #15
    Yukihiro Matsumoto
    Yukihiro Matsumoto
    Stable
    70.1
    Fame
  • #53
    Ivan Lanin
    Ivan Lanin
    Rising
    58.0
    Fame
  • #48
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Stable
    58.8
    Fame
  • #112
    Jon Lech Johansen
    Jon Lech Johansen
    Falling
    52.3
    Fame
  • #95
    Grady Booch
    Grady Booch
    Rising
    53.4
    Fame
  • #164
    MT
    Manfred Trenz
    Falling
    48.8
    Fame
  • #5
    Richard Stallman
    Richard Stallman
    Stable
    78.9
    Fame
  • #77
    Raymond Tomlinson
    Raymond Tomlinson
    Stable
    55.3
    Fame
  • #125
    Raphaël Colantonio
    Raphaël Colantonio
    Stable
    51.5
    Fame
  • #108
    Tobias Lütke
    Tobias Lütke
    Rising
    52.6
    Fame
  • #139
    Eric Allman
    Eric Allman
    Rising
    50.4
    Fame
  • #62
    Larry Wall
    Larry Wall
    Rising
    56.6
    Fame
  • #8
    George Hotz
    George Hotz
    Stable
    73.7
    Fame
  • #78
    Mark Cerny
    Mark Cerny
    Rising
    54.9
    Fame
  • #21
    BY Mister J Sons
    BY Mister J Sons
    Rising
    67.4
    Fame
  • #91
    Hans Reiser
    Hans Reiser
    Rising
    53.8
    Fame
  • #197
    David S. Miller
    David S. Miller
    Rising
    46.4
    Fame
  • #186
    Gordon Lyon
    Gordon Lyon
    Rising
    47.7
    Fame
  • #150
    CR
    Carol Reiley
    Stable
    49.5
    Fame
  • #138
    Jon Hall
    Jon Hall
    Stable
    50.5
    Fame
  • #144
    Theodore Ts'o
    Theodore Ts'o
    Rising
    49.8
    Fame
  • #71
    Rasmus Lerdorf
    Rasmus Lerdorf
    Falling
    55.8
    Fame
  • #66
    KP
    Keith Packard
    Stable
    56.1
    Fame
  • #171
    Robert Sedgewick
    Robert Sedgewick
    Stable
    48.5
    Fame
  • #26
    DM
    Daito Manabe
    Stable
    65.0
    Fame
  • #64
    Takashi Tezuka
    Takashi Tezuka
    Stable
    56.2
    Fame
  • #25
    Jordan Mechner
    Jordan Mechner
    Stable
    65.4
    Fame
  • #101
    Betty Holberton
    Betty Holberton
    Stable
    53.2
    Fame
  • #147
    John Giannandrea
    John Giannandrea
    Falling
    49.7
    Fame
  • #96
    Patrick Volkerding
    Patrick Volkerding
    Stable
    53.4
    Fame
  • #92
    Ulrich Drepper
    Ulrich Drepper
    Stable
    53.7
    Fame
  • #67
    Randall Munroe
    Randall Munroe
    Stable
    56.0
    Fame
  • #61
    Ray Ozzie
    Ray Ozzie
    Stable
    57.0
    Fame
  • #179
    Scott Meyers
    Scott Meyers
    Stable
    48.1
    Fame
  • #184
    Ingo Molnár
    Ingo Molnár
    Stable
    48.0
    Fame
  • #99
    Larry Tesler
    Larry Tesler
    Stable
    53.3
    Fame
  • #47
    MJ
    Moon Joon Yong
    Stable
    58.9
    Fame
  • #154
    Matthew Dillon
    Matthew Dillon
    Stable
    49.1
    Fame
  • #163
    Andrei Alexandrescu
    Andrei Alexandrescu
    Falling
    48.8
    Fame
  • #185
    Yury Maksimov
    Yury Maksimov
    Falling
    47.9
    Fame
  • #166
    Eugene Jarvis
    Eugene Jarvis
    Falling
    48.7
    Fame
  • #132
    Phil Katz
    Phil Katz
    Stable
    51.0
    Fame
  • #153
    Julian LeFay
    Julian LeFay
    Falling
    49.2
    Fame
  • #10
    John Romero
    John Romero
    Falling
    73.2
    Fame
  • #82
    Theo de Raadt
    Theo de Raadt
    Stable
    54.7
    Fame
  • #187
    GC
    Geoff Crammond
    Stable
    47.7
    Fame