Global open source community engagement by company 2021

Among the large companies that tend to participate in open source communities, Red Hat ranks the highest worldwide, with 53 percent of respondents indicating it as a excellent company in terms of contributions, collaboration and leadership on open source projects and initiatives within the global open source ecosystem in 2021. Google, IBM, and Microsoft also achieve high rankings for their open source community engagement.

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June 10 through June 29, 2021

Number of respondents

AWS N=717, Comcast N=703, Facebook N=714, Google N=718, IBM N=715, Microsoft N=720, Red Hat N=721, SAP N=717, Uber N=711, Verizon N=711, VMware N=722

Special properties

respondents working at an organization with an open source program or initiative

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "To what degree do you perceive each of them to be 'good open source community citizens' in terms of contributions, collaboration and leadership on open source projects and initiatives within the open source ecosystem?"

The source does not provide any information regarding missing or exceeding percentage points.

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