PANews reported on October 17th that, according to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Foundation, citing data from Electric Capital, reported that between January and September 2025, over 16,000 new developers joined the Ethereum ecosystem, making it the global public blockchain with the most active developers (a total of 31,869). Solana was the second most popular destination for new developers, with over 11,500 developers writing code for its ecosystem during the same period. However, a representative from the Solana Foundation noted that this data may be lagging due to statistical time differences. It's worth noting that Ethereum's data covers both its Layer 1 network and its Layer 2 network, as defined by L2Beat, and does not double-count developers working across multiple ecosystems. Despite Ethereum's lead in total developer numbers, its full-time developer base grew by only 5.8% over the past year and 6.3% over the past two years, while Solana's growth surged by 29.1% over the same period and 61.7% over the past two years.