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GitHub

People whose online presence is anchored to GitHub, ranked by Fame.am score, with their following beside it.

Linus Torvalds

Developers

2nd85.1 · 327.4K followers

PewDiePie

YouTubers

1st85.5 · 34.9K followers

Tim Berners-Lee

Developers

3rd85.0 · 5,080 followers
PewDiePie leads this board.

Fame 85.5 with 34.9K followers, ahead of Linus Torvalds.

Next on the board
  1. 4thLex FridmanPodcasters79.4
  2. 5thAndrej KarpathyAcademics79.2
  3. 6thNigel NgComedians79.1
  4. 7thMilla JovovichActors78.2
  5. 8thRivers CuomoMusicians77.8
  6. 9thTerence TaoAcademics77.6
The rest of the ranking91
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFame
10thMartin ShkreliAmerican businessman and convicted felonb. 1983United StatesFounders76.54,664 followers11thDougDougAmerican YouTuber and Twitch streamerb. 1991United StatesYouTubers75.41,897 followers12thDavid Heinemeier HanssonProgrammer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Railsb. 1979Denmark★ #1Developers75.230.3K followers13thGuido van RossumDutch programmer and creator of Pythonb. 1956Netherlands★ #1Developers75.227.2K followers14thGreg BrockmanAmerican entrepreneur, investor, and software developerb. 1987United StatesFounders74.93,986 followers15thEdward SnowdenAmerican whistleblower and former NSA contractor (born 1983)United StatesActors74.8196 followers16thAaron SwartzAmerican computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986-2013)United StatesDevelopers73.82,450 followers17thLuigi MangioneAmerican who killed Brian Thompsonb. 1998United States72.54,108 followers18thGeorge HotzAmerican hackerb. 1989United StatesDevelopers72.347.5K followers19thBjarne StroustrupDanish computer scientist, creator of C++ (born 1950)DenmarkDevelopers71.14,678 followers20thBrendan EichAmerican computer programmer and technology executiveb. 1961United StatesDevelopers70.66,821 followers21stRobert Cecil MartinAmerican software consultant (b. 1952)United StatesScientists70.417.3K followers22ndChris OlahArtificial intelligence researcherb. 1990Developers70.19,943 followers23rdPeter SteinbergerAustrian AI developer and entrepreneurb. 1986Austria★ #1Academics70.053.3K followers24thYukihiro MatsumotoJapanese computer scientist who created the Ruby programming languageb. 1965Japan★ #1Developers69.910.8K followers25thVitalik ButerinRussian-Canadian computer scientistb. 1994Russia★ #1Developers69.813.5K followers26thNat FriedmanAmerican computer programmerb. 1977United StatesDevelopers69.77,171 followers27thDavid PlummerCanadian-American programmer and entrepreneurb. 1968Canada★ #1Developers69.53,402 followers28thAnders HejlsbergDanish software engineer (born 1960)DenmarkDevelopers69.217K followers29thMiguel de IcazaMexican free software developerb. 1972Mexico★ #1Developers68.55,288 followers30thDavid L. JonesAustralian electronics engineer and video bloggerAustraliaCreators68.3256 followers31stpannenkoek2012American Super Mario 64 analyst and YouTuberUnited StatesYouTubers68.265 followers32ndSalvatore SanfilippoItalian software engineerb. 1977Italy★ #1Developers67.932.3K followers33rdEric S. RaymondAmerican programmer & open source advocate (1957-)United StatesDevelopers67.9745 followers34thRyan DahlAmerican software engineerb. 1981United StatesDevelopers67.833.3K followers35thRob PikeSoftware engineerb. 1956CanadaDevelopers67.512.3K followers36thWard CunninghamAmerican computer programmerb. 1949United StatesDevelopers67.51,913 followers37thEvan YouProgrammer, Vue.js author, and Vite authorDevelopers67.1111.8K followers38thErich GammaSwiss computer scientistb. 1961Switzerland★ #1Scientists66.81,957 followers39thArmin RonacherSoftware developerb. 1989AustriaDevelopers66.826.4K followers40thAlyssa RosenzweigSoftware developerb. 2001Developers66.71,093 followers41stTimnit GebruComputer scientist, specialising in AI ethicsb. 1983United StatesAcademics66.672 followers42ndGarry TanVenture capitalistb. 1981United StatesInvestors66.515.2K followers43rdSethBlingAmerican video game commenter and Twitch video game live streamerb. 1987United StatesStreamers66.2595 followers44thRebecca SmethurstBritish astrophysicistb. 1990United KingdomScientists66.2364 followers45thRuan XiaohuanChinese blogger, dissidentb. 1977China★ #1Developers65.722.6K followers46thJeri EllsworthAmerican entrepreneur and self-taught computer chip designerb. 1974United StatesFounders65.6120 followers47thMichael HuangFlash animator, part of Huang Twinsb. 1997United StatesActors65.644 followers48thJustine TunneySoftware developer from the USAb. 1984United StatesDevelopers65.612.1K followers49thIan J. GoodfellowAmerican computer scientist (born 1987)United StatesAcademics65.514.7K followers50thArthur MenschFrench artificial intelligence researcherb. 1992France★ #1Academics65.3596 followers51stSamy KamkarAmerican computer programmerb. 1985United StatesDevelopers65.311.9K followers52ndTroy HuntAustralian web security expertb. 1976AustraliaDevelopers65.21,431 followers53rdFelix RedaGerman politicianb. 1986Germany★ #1Politicians65.154thJeremy AshkenasComputer programmerb. 2000United StatesDevelopers65.013.7K followers55thBrad FitzpatrickAmerican programmer and creator of LiveJournalb. 1980United StatesDevelopers64.813.8K followers56thDavid RevoyFrench illustrator and creator of the webcomic ''Pepper&Carrot''b. 1981FranceArtists64.7344 followers57thBY Mister J SonsAmerican computer programmerb. 1955United StatesDevelopers64.721.9K followers58thDaniel StenbergSwedish software developerb. 1970SwedenDevelopers64.58,006 followers59thJordan MechnerAmerican video game designerb. 1964United StatesDevelopers64.51,016 followers60thChris PirilloAmerican writerb. 1973United StatesWriters64.548 followers61stMeredith WhittakerAmerican artificial intelligence research scientistb. 2000United StatesAcademics64.4157 followers62ndWes McKinneyStatistician, data scientistb. 1985United StatesDevelopers64.317K followers63rdTom Preston-WernerAmerican businessmanb. 1979United StatesExecutives64.124.9K followers64thMoxie MarlinspikeAmerican computer security expertb. 1980United StatesFounders64.05,991 followers65thChris LattnerAmerican software developerb. 1978United States64.011.9K followers66thJixian WangChinese video blogger and computer engineer from Ukraineb. 1985ChinaDevelopers64.0122 followers67thMolly WhiteAmerican software engineer, Wikipedian, and cryptocurrency criticb. 1993United StatesDevelopers63.91,467 followers68thTyler GlaielAmerican video game developerb. 1990United StatesDevelopers63.7260 followers69thAdrian ZandbergPolish historian, politician and computer programmerb. 1979Poland★ #1Politicians63.6416 followers70thMichael A. NielsenAustralian and Canadian physicist and writer (b.1974)AustraliaScientists63.512.7K followers71stEugen RochkoGerman software developer (born 1993)GermanyDevelopers63.42,397 followers72ndJosh WardleWelsh game developerb. 1983United KingdomArtists63.21,253 followers73rdWojciech ZarembaPolish mathematician and computer scientistb. 1988PolandAcademics63.1710 followers74thCary HuangYouTuber and animator (born 1997), part of Huang TwinsUnited StatesYouTubers63.12,629 followers75thHugo de JongeDutch politicianb. 1977NetherlandsPoliticians63.1258 followers76thChris WanstrathAmerican technology entrepreneur and programmerb. 1985United StatesFounders63.122.9K followers77thFrançois CholletFrench machine learning researcherb. 1989FranceDevelopers62.918.1K followers78thHadley WickhamNew Zealand statistician (born 1979)New Zealand★ #1Developers62.726.7K followers79thJunio C HamanoJapanese software engineerb. 2000JapanDevelopers62.65,397 followers80thMike BostockAmerican computer scientist and data-visualisation specialistUnited StatesDevelopers62.523.4K followers81stBalaji SrinivasanAmerican entrepreneur and investorb. 1980United StatesFounders62.4961 followers82ndGreg EganAustralian science fiction writer and former computer programmerb. 1961AustraliaWriters62.375 followers83rdGrant SandersonYouTuberYouTubers62.241.3K followers84thSimon WillisonBritish computer programmerb. 1981United KingdomDevelopers62.017K followers85thCassie KozyrkovRussian, later American data scientistb. 1980South Africa★ #162.01,047 followers86thOla BiniSwedish programmerb. 1982SwedenActivists62.0621 followers87thMarco MisciagnaItalian violist, violinist, educator (born 1984)ItalyMusicians61.988thJean-Baptiste KempfFrench computer engineerb. 1983FranceScientists61.91,502 followers89thMatei ZahariaRomanian-Canadian computer scientist and engineerb. 1985Romania★ #1Scientists61.82,128 followers90thSuchir BalajiAmerican artificial intelligence researcher (1998-2024)United StatesAcademics61.730 followers91stRoberto IerusalimschyBrazilian computer scientist (born 1960)Brazil★ #1Writers61.6536 followers92ndqntmBritish science fiction authorb. 1983United KingdomWriters61.51,028 followers93rdLea VerouGreek web developerb. 1986Greece★ #1Developers61.516.2K followers94thRobert GriesemerSoftware engineerb. 1964SwitzerlandScientists61.34,031 followers95thmaia arson crimewSwiss hacker (born 1999)SwitzerlandDevelopers61.31,856 followers96thP. J. HyettAmerican software developer and co-founder of GitHubb. 1985Developers61.08,444 followers97thMark AdlerAmerican computer scientist, mathematician and physicistb. 1959United StatesScientists60.9944 followers98thMagnus ManskeGerman biochemist and software developer (born 1974)GermanyDevelopers60.9123 followers99thKelsey HightowerSoftware engineer, developer advocate, and speakerDevelopers60.824.9K followers100thNicky CaseCanadian indie game developer (born 1994)CanadaMusicians60.85,829 followers