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ML developer population forecast

How many ML developers are there?

This report explores the underlying trends behind the growth of the machine learning (ML) developer population worldwide (including developers involved in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science projects). We start by exploring the global population of ML developers over the past year and a half and breaking down the population by geographical location. Then, we look at the total ML developer population, broken down by professional status and categories of applications built. Finally, we investigate the size of the global market for specific programming languages, ML frameworks/libraries, and architectures used to train and deploy solutions.

Questions this report answers

How many ML developers are out there?

Who exactly are these ML developers, and in what capacity are they involved in this space?

Where are ML developers located?

What are ML developers working on? - What are ML developers working with?