18.2M
▲ 33% vs 2024
stars given to AI projects on GitHub in 2025
20112025

What the chart shows

GitHub users gave AI projects 18.2 million stars in 2025, up 33% from 13.6 million in 2024. Stars more than doubled between 2022 (5.7 million) and 2023 (12.9 million).

Key numbers

MeasureValue
202518.18M
202413.62M
202312.86M
20225.73M

How to read it

  • A star is one user bookmarking one project; it signals interest, not use.
Source: GitHub, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.5.4: Number of GitHub stars in AI projects, 2011–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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