Code activity
Are people still building?
Contributes to: Is it being used to build?. Signal score: 48 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
StatusGit pushes increased
Latest value408M
Year over year+95%
Distance from highAt its high
Observed trend
Worldwide git pushes per quarter, in millions.
Worldwide git pushes per quarter, in millions. · 2020 Q1 – 2026 Q2
ChatGPT launched
Milestones provide timing context, not evidence of causation.
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| Period / observation | Worldwide git pushes per quarter, in millions. |
|---|---|
| 2020 Q1 | 81 |
| 2020 Q2 | 98 |
| 2020 Q3 | 90 |
| 2020 Q4 | 95 |
| 2021 Q1 | 100 |
| 2021 Q2 | 106 |
| 2021 Q3 | 99 |
| 2021 Q4 | 107 |
| 2022 Q1 | 117 |
| 2022 Q2 | 126 |
| 2022 Q3 | 126 |
| 2022 Q4 | 135 |
| 2023 Q1 | 144 |
| 2023 Q2 | 147 |
| 2023 Q3 | 141 |
| 2023 Q4 | 149 |
| 2024 Q1 | 153 |
| 2024 Q2 | 158 |
| 2024 Q3 | 153 |
| 2024 Q4 | 168 |
| 2025 Q1 | 178 |
| 2025 Q2 | 209 |
| 2025 Q3 | 215 |
| 2025 Q4 | 247 |
| 2026 Q1 | 320 |
| 2026 Q2 | 408 |
What it measures
- Metric
- Git pushes worldwide on GitHub, latest quarter
- Solved if
- Building gets so easy that code output keeps climbing
- Signal score
- 48 / 100. Up 201% since ChatGPT launched. How it is scored
- Status rule
- Git pushes increased when pushes rise by at least 2% over the year.
Repositories and developers
GitHub activity in 2026 Q2 and a year earlier.
- 454M repositories saw activity, against 371M.
- 209M developers, against 155M.
Update history
The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 408M | +95% | Git pushes increased |
| 2026-11-01 | 408M | +95% | Still building |
Sources
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Innovation Graph | Scored measurement | Git pushes, developers and repositories by quarter | 2026 Q2 |
| npm | Supporting context | Total monthly package downloads | 2026-09 |