WordPress Core Contributor Stats: 19.9% Sponsored for 6.0 Release

Chuck Grimmet, who is on Automattic‘s Special Projects team for WordPress.com, “did some data exploration around WordPress core contributors and the companies they work for.” Chuck breaks down the data in detail with several tables on his blog.

I did some data exploration around #WordPress core contributors and the companies they work for. https://t.co/L4G4IXmREy
— Chuck Grimmett (@cagrimmett) September 24, 2022

Notably, the percentage of sponsored contributors has steadily increased to almost 20% now.

To be clear, not all employers listed in profiles are sponsoring the contributions. I think this shows company affiliations more than sponsorships. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the number is higher than 5%. Difficult to get an accurate number since profile are self-reported.
— Chuck Grimmett (@cagrimmett) September 24, 2022

Chuck’s research was inspired by a good question from David Bisset:

Got asked this recently.
If someone in or outside the #WordPress space wanted to see a “simple” log of code contributions #WordPress companies (say, hosting companies, grouped by employees) contribute over time, where would they look? What’s the closest thing?
— David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) September 22, 2022

I’ve been an admirer of Chuck’s blog for a while — especially his use of Webmentions. We should all use them.

This article was published at Post Status — the community for WordPress professionals.