Looking at this year's results, React Native's multi-platform story continues to evolve. 60% of developers still come from a React background, highlighting the web to native pipeline. It's encouraging to see the framework's reach expand with 1/4 of developers now targeting web alongside mobile, and 25 developers already building on VegaOS (Amazon's new React Native based operating system). We've gone from 9 target platforms last year to 12 this year. At this rate, we'll be running React Native on smart fridges by 2027.

This platform expansion is reflected in who's building with the framework. The diversity in scale and sector demonstrates that these multi-platform capabilities are being leveraged across the entire spectrum of app development from startups building their first product to enterprises deploying to mobile, web, desktop, and TV simultaneously. Interestingly, while developers are clearly embracing multi-platform development, the library choices reveal we're still in the early stages. Universal solutions like Solito and Tamagui remain niche while platform specific libraries continue to dominate.

The community's commitment to open source remains strong, with 1/3 of developers contributing to React Native libraries up from the 1/4 we celebrated last year. This might be a reflection of how AI-assisted development tools are lowering the barrier to entry for open-source contributions. And as AI continues to make contributing and building across platforms more accessible, the React Native ecosystem keeps getting stronger.