--- title: "Celebrating 10 million developers" description: "To celebrate 10 million developers, Netlify partnered with the community to build an interactive constellation of capsules. Launch your own bits and bytes into cyberspace." source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/10-million-developers/" last_updated: "2026-08-05T03:09:34.000Z" --- Today we’re celebrating 10 million developers joining Netlify in the most Netlify way possible: by letting you all launch your bits and bytes into cyberspace. We’ve worked with one of the most creative Netlify users to build an interactive experience that turns this amazing community into a literal constellation. ![Capsules](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/o0o2tn5x/production/43cf4026e0a2808ed1b5dd5ee5b3348ee71cf616-3076x1730.png) > Launch your own capsule into orbit - [10-million-devs.netlify.com](https://10-million-devs.netlify.com/) ## Milestones To me, it feels like it was just yesterday we launched our 5 million devs celebration with a [WebGL based browser game](https://5-million-devs.netlify.com/) back at the end of 2024. . It took us 5 years to reach 1 million developers in 2020, close to another 5 years to reach our 5 million milestone. Exactly on X-mas eve 2025 that number doubled as we crossed 10 million the same year Netlify [turned 10 years old](https://biilmann.blog/articles/10-years-of-netlify/). And this 10th year of Netlify marked a new begining: [the era of Agent Experience](http://netlify.com/ax). 2025 started with tools like Bolt.new, Lovable, and Repl.it surging in popularity and revenue as they opened the doors to building software for millions and millions of new users, and ended with the rise of Claude Code and incredible models like Opus 4.5 clearly showing that the way we all develop for the web has permanently changed. Agents are now writing the code and this opens up the web as a platform to build on to millions, maybe even billions of new users. And once you start building real-world value-creating software at work – with AI Agents writing the code – [**You are now a developer.**](https://www.netlify.com/blog/you-are-now-a-developer/) Thank you for being part of this journey. ### Share - [X (fka Twitter)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Celebrating 10 million developers&url=https://www.netlify.com/blog/10-million-developers/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netlify.com%2Fblog%2F10-million-developers%2F) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.netlify.com/blog/10-million-developers/) - [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Celebrating 10 million developers+https://www.netlify.com/blog/10-million-developers/) ## Keep reading ![](/_astro/19ef665d69b3b077bd19c76d9dfcda7749cad7af-1600x900_Z5yehl.webp) News & Announcements July 28, 2026 [ ### New Netlify projects are now private by default ](/blog/new-netlify-projects-are-now-private-by-default) - ![Profile picture of Taylor Barnett-Torabi](/_astro/cf4624da8c1286738397b6fecb53bad504df140b-400x400_ZsvK0s.webp) Taylor Barnett-Torabi ![](/_astro/d0354fe52c160a3abdfdeff297a1baf090302a3d-1600x900_Z1eDdJG.webp) News & Announcements July 14, 2026 [ ### More headroom, a lower per-credit rate, and a bill you can predict: introducing new Pro plan tiers ](/blog/new-pro-plan-tiers) - ![Profile picture of Gehrig Kunz](/_astro/b4e9f58d914d1334ea70d53ea55a1f26b26f1445-512x512_17SwOI.webp) Gehrig Kunz ## Recent posts Opinions & Insights July 28, 2026 [ ### Open Weights and the 2nd World ](/blog/open-weights-and-the-2nd-world) - ![Profile picture of Mathias Biilmann](/_astro/f193d4707a6391d843d5aaa73338b5a5971ec5cc-960x960_1Yylqm.webp) Mathias Biilmann Tools & Services July 28, 2026 [ ### MCP goes stateless and extensible ](/blog/mcp-goes-stateless-and-extensible) - ![Profile picture of Sean Roberts](/_astro/bbf2243f8171dbddd80ab2103622106cef84d125-512x512_Z1d2LKE.webp) Sean Roberts News & Announcements July 28, 2026 [ ### New Netlify projects are now private by default ](/blog/new-netlify-projects-are-now-private-by-default) - ![Profile picture of Taylor Barnett-Torabi](/_astro/cf4624da8c1286738397b6fecb53bad504df140b-400x400_ZsvK0s.webp) Taylor Barnett-Torabi ![](/_astro/3f255b372fa958df35802666ee33b4609b2d71bd-1200x1586_1VtE2D.webp) ### How do the best dev and marketing teams work together? [Access the report](https://www.netlify.com/reports/2024-leadership-trend-report/access/)