Mobile developers population forecast
How many mobile developers are there?
About this Report
In this report, we look into the underlying trends behind the growth of the mobile developer population across the world. We start by exploring the global population of mobile developers over the years and break it down by geographical location. Then, we look at the breakdown of the total mobile developer population by professional status and categories of applications built. Finally, we discuss the platforms and technologies that mobile developers use, and we estimate the size of the addressable market-specific tools used to create mobile applications, such as programming languages and frameworks.
Key Questions Answered
How many mobile developers are there across the globe?
What is the breakdown of these backend developers by professional status, geographical region, and experience?
What types of tools and technologies are mobile developers using?
Who are mobile developers primarily targeting with their software?
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Methodology
To count developers, we use an independent, bottom-up methodology. The data we use to arrive at the estimates in this report comes from:
1. Reliably measured numbers of developers or direct indicators of their activity: GitHub accounts and repositories, Stack Overflow accounts, and employment statistics from the USA and the European Union.
2. Our proprietary developer survey data, i.e., measured developer behaviour. For this report, we used data from 44,000+ mobile developers across six consecutive surveys.
