# The 2021 State of the Octoverse

DevFeed: [The 2021 State of the Octoverse](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-2021-state-of-the-octoverse-68462.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/the-2021-state-of-the-octoverse/>)

Author: Eirini Kalliamvakou

Published: 2021-11-16T14:00:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Community, Industry, State of the Web, Web Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/community-industry-state-of-the-web-web-strategy.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>)

Tags: [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [innersource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innersource.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [octoverse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/octoverse.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [trends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trends.md>)

## AI overview

The 2021 State of the Octoverse combines telemetry from four million repositories with survey responses from more than 40,000 developers to examine work habits, productivity, and career satisfaction. It reports associations between automation and better performance, documentation and increased productivity, and trust and healthier collaboration.

## Source excerpt

The State of the Octoverse analyzes data from millions of developers & repos to share trends across working habits, productivity, and career satisfaction.