GitHub hits 225M users and 13.5B contributions in 2026

GitHub COO Kyle Daigle said the platform now has 225 million users, with 50 million using Copilot daily. Developers made 13.5 billion contributions in 2026, more than in 2024 and 2025 combined, while cloud agent usage grew 230%.

• 225M GitHub users; Copilot used by 50M people daily
• 13.5B contributions in 2026, more than 2024 and 2025 combined
• 140K organizations adopted Copilot; cloud agent usage up 230%
• Verification and quality control, not code generation, are the key challenge