Happy 2025, AsyncAPI Community💜 !
What better way to start the year than by reflecting on the community's growth over the past year? Let's take a deep dive into the state of our community through data and see how far we have come, where we fell short, and what we can improve in the coming year. Analyzing our metrics is the most effective way to gauge our growth and measure our impact.
If you are curious about our past achievements, please read the previous Project Status updates.
Slack
We currently have a total of 6,124 members in the AsyncAPI workspace. Slack is our primary communication channel for sharing updates, assisting contributors and adopters who want to understand and use the AsyncAPI specification and toolings.
We welcomed 1,505 new members in 2024.
New members joining Slack each year
Among this year's new joiners, we have our top five members, including our community marketing specialist, who leads the marketing efforts in the community.
Top 5 new members on Slack
Our weekly activity slightly dropped this year due to changes that affected some of our core maintainers after the layoffs.
Slack weekly activity over the past years
Social Media
Our social media platforms help us communicate community news, share updates, and make announcements. Let's dive into the numbers:
We gained 995 followers on LinkedIn in 2024, bringing a total to 3,983 overall followers.
Yearly followers on LinkedIn
Compared to 2023, the number of visits from users and new users to asyncapi.com, referred by LinkedIn, decreased by 40% in 2024. However, on a positive note, we received a significant increase in sessions, which kept users more engaged.
Website visits referred by LinkedIn
We don't use any premium or paid marketing services!
X/Twitter
We gained 309 followers in 2024, reaching a total of 4709 followers overall. Website referrals declined 42% compared to the previous years, but sessions on the website increased significantly.
Website visits referred by Twitter
We don't consider the X/Twitter platform worth investment; it's time to consider another platform like Bluesky to expand our reach.
YouTube
Our YouTube channel continues to grow as we gain 269 new subscribers, having 1.72k subscribers in total. We hosted fewer community live streams in 2024, but also brought back the AsyncAPI Online Conference, increasing the total watch time.
YouTube Analytics
Newsletter
It's been a year since we sent out our first newsletter, and I'm pleased with the growth and impact it has achieved. Many community members often don't have the time to read through the entire article, so having a simple summary delivered straight to your inbox is a convenient way to stay updated on community happenings. The April edition was one of the most popular.
Totals Newletter opens per each month
Additionally, we've seen some growth in newsletter website referrals, with an increase in users and sessions.
Website referral from Newsletter
Google Analytics
Docs continue to be our main metrics contributor, and blogs have performed quite well this past year. The AsyncAPI website received over 1.1 million page views, while users and sessions have remained consistent.
Website visits each year
Google Search Console
Compared to 2023, there has been a slight 15% decrease in website impressions and clicks recorded on Google Search Console.
Website perfomance from Google Search Console
GitHub
We continue to see an increase in the number of active contributors who perform tasks such as commits, issues, or pull requests. In 2024, we had over 2,780 contributors overall.
Total contributors
We still do our very best to resolve and close issues. There have been some improvements because of programs such as the AsyncAPI Bounty Program and the Maintainership Program. We are still committed to growing the number of maintainers.
Total number of issues closed
NPM
The most controversial part of the review is the number of downloads from AsyncAPI's top packages, which are hosted under the Node Package Manager. The asyncapi/specs package continues to soar, with over 34M downloads in the past year.
Total downloads of AsyncAPI top packages
Community Achievements
Despite the challenges, we achieved some milestones, and here are some of the highlights from the AsyncAPI community in 2024!
- We had our second community hire, Oluwabamikemi Kayode, to work full-time as the project's Community Marketing Specialist.
- The Ambassador Program increased this year from having five ambassadors to ten.
- The AsyncAPI Bounty Program turned 1, and we have 51 issues completed so far under the program.
- We got accepted into GSoC'24 for the first time as an independent organization.
- Published our second case study from HDI Global.
- Brought back the AsyncAPI Online Conference.
- Closed down the AsyncAPI Store.
These are some of the few highlights for 2024, and we have more planned for 2025.
We are starting the year with an open discussion on establishing our first AsyncAPI Governance Board, so please join the conversation.
You can also check out the 2025 AsyncAPI Community Building Goals to see what's in store for this year.
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