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On TutorHero's Everything Index, Awesome lists is accelerating on GitHub: 1.29 of every 10,000 new public repos over the last three months (1.3k a month), 6x vs a year ago. The 12-month forecast says rising (+78%). By the end of 2032, lines in the same state ended between 0.01x and 2.5x of where they started (median 0.54x).
Since 2019, and the range to 2032
New repos per 10,000 (3-month average, log scale)12-month forecastRange to 2032: middle half and 90% of past similar linesJev's 2032 call
The range is not a forecast of this line: it is what GitHub lines in the same state (more than doubled its share of new repos in a year) did 1 to 5 years later, 2019 to 2026, applied to today's level. Past 5 years it is stretched, not measured. Checked out of time (learned before 2022, scored after), 71% of outcomes landed inside the 90% range, so read it as wide. Open it in the Everything chart.
Week by week
New public repos with the awesome-list tag each week (Monday to Sunday, UTC). The outlined bars, last week included, are still filling in, as tags are often added days after a repo is created, so their height will grow a little. "Against the field" divides the change by what the typical tag did, so a wave that lifts every tag does not count. Hover for the numbers.
What it means
- Worth learning now: Awesome lists is accelerating, 6x share of new GitHub repos vs a year ago.
- Start by reading VoltAgent/awesome-design-md (+6.9k stars in 3 months) and f/prompts.chat (+3.7k stars in 3 months).
- People to follow: Sindre Sorhus, Vinta Chen, awesome-selfhosted.
- Jev for someone who wants to contribute or get hired: Commit this year (2.7 of 4).
- Getting crowded: new repos 6x but attention -17%, so each new project competes harder for stars.
- 12.8 new stars per new repo over 3 months, vs 8.50 for the typical trend: more demand per project than most fields.
- The 12-month forecast for its share: +78% (Rising).
- Jev for a builder: Test small (2.4 of 4).
- History: of past GitHub lines that more than doubled its share of new repos in a year, 61% had a smaller share 3 to 5 years later and 8% at least doubled.
- Jev's 2032 call: top quarter of similar lines (unsure), which on the base rates means about 1.84x today's share by the end of 2032.
- Attention: 2.41% of new stars on the repos we track, -17% in a year.
- Jev for an investor: Test small (2.3 of 4).
- Not investment advice: this measures what people build on GitHub, not any company.
- Most-starred tools here lately: VoltAgent/awesome-design-md (vouched), f/prompts.chat (vouched).
- The field is accelerating, so expect new tools and fast changes; pin versions.
- Jev for a developer picking tools: Test small (2.3 of 4).
Repos carrying it now
People building it
Sindre SorhusCreates open-source tools and curated awesome lists.Influence 73
Vinta ChenMaintains the awesome-python list and creates pangu text spacing tools.Influence 65
awesome-selfhostedCurating self-hosted free software services and web apps.Influence 53
VoltAgentAI agent engineering platform with open source TypeScript framework.Influence 93
AvelinoCTO at @buserbrasil, open source engineerInfluence 83
Fatih Kadir AkınBuilding prompts.chat and leading agentic experience at Automattic.Influence 78
Angelos ChalarisFull stack engineer, creator of 30secondsofcode.orgInfluence 62
R.I.PienaarSystems Architect, Automator, Coder.Influence 76More in Learning and lists
Questions
Is Awesome lists growing on GitHub?
Yes. Its share of all new public GitHub repos is 6x vs a year ago and +77% over the last three months (Sep 2026). Phase: Accelerating.
How many new Awesome lists repos are created each month?
About 1.3k new public repos a month carry the awesome-list tag (three-month average to Sep 2026), or 1.29 of every 10,000 new repos.
What will Awesome lists look like in 2032?
Nobody knows, and we say how much. Of past GitHub lines that more than doubled its share of new repos in a year, the middle half had between 0.14x and 1.27x of their share 3 to 5 years later, and 61% ended smaller. Jev's call: Top quarter of similar lines.
Not investment advice. Measurements of what people build and star on GitHub, a statistical forecast, base rates and a model's reading of them. Nothing here is about any company's revenue, valuation or stock.