a16z investor's data: fastest GitHub climb to the top went from years to ~an hour
saranormous · x · 2026-08-18
Sara Tuo of a16z (an investor in Docker, LangChain, and Baseten), tired of inbound questions about rapid GitHub star growth, pulled the distribution of star growth across all of GitHub, all time.
Key finding: the shortest time to reach the top went from years historically to roughly an hour — reflecting extreme breakout growth in recent open-source projects.
Related event: GitHub Star Records Shrink from Years to About an Hour, a16z Data Shows(2 posts)→
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