Original research
DevRel by the numbers
As of August 1, 2026, the DevRel directory lists 64 curated tools, communities, newsletters, podcasts, and agencies, 25 of which publish a machine-readable surface (an MCP endpoint or llms.txt). It tracks 40 open DevRel roles across 21 companies, and 22 conference CFPs still accepting talks.
By Fabian HugUpdated
The directory
64
Curated listings
Hand-reviewed against a published bar.
60
Links verified
Confirmed to resolve to a live product by the weekly health run.
25
Agent-ready
Publish an MCP endpoint or a verified llms.txt.
23
Curated comparisons
Pairs a human named as alternatives to each other.
By category
| Category | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tools | 46 | 72% |
| Communities | 5 | 8% |
| Newsletters | 3 | 5% |
| Podcasts | 4 | 6% |
| Agencies | 6 | 9% |
The job market
40
Open roles
Live postings only; a role leaves the board 60 days after posting.
21
Companies hiring
50%
Remote or remote-friendly
Stated arrangement where given, location text otherwise.
$201k
Median salary (USD, n=27)
Midpoint of each stated range; USD-disclosing roles only, currencies never blended. Every range and the full method.
Events and CFPs
55
Upcoming events
22
Open CFPs
13
CFPs closing within 30 days
Over time
3 weekly snapshots between July 27, 2026 and August 10, 2026. Rows are added and never edited, so a trend shown here cannot be quietly revised later.
Listings
64
64-65 over 14d
Agent-ready
25
24-25 over 14d
Open roles
39
36-39 over 14d
Open CFPs
23
17-23 over 14d
Machine readership
Not published yet. This site records which of its machine-readable surfaces get fetched and by what, and the most useful thing it has learned so far is a negative result: the per-listing Markdown twins have never been fetched by an AI crawler, while the guide-shaped pages have. Publishing that properly needs the analytics figures in the snapshot rows, and they are deliberately absent rather than zero until the credential is wired up - a zero here would be indistinguishable from “nothing fetched us”.
Questions
- How many DevRel tools are there?
- This directory lists 46 DevRel tools, hand-reviewed against a published bar and re-checked weekly by an automated link health run. That is a curated count, not a census of the category: tools that fail review or stop resolving are removed.
- What share of DevRel jobs are remote?
- 50 percent of the 40 roles currently on this board are remote or remote-friendly. The classification reads the posting's stated arrangement where it has one and the location text otherwise, so "Remote (US)" counts as remote.
- How are these numbers computed?
- Every figure is derived at build time from the same data the pages themselves render, through one shared function, so a number here can never disagree with the page it summarizes. Job counts cover live postings only: a role leaves the board 60 days after it was posted, or sooner if the source posting disappears. Event counts cover future events only.
- Can I use these numbers?
- Yes, with attribution to devrel.directory and the date they were confirmed, which is 2026-08-01. The underlying data is also available as Markdown at /llms-full.txt and through the site's MCP server.
Method
Every figure on this page is computed at build time from the same data the rest of the site renders, through one shared function, so a number here cannot disagree with the page it summarizes. Listing counts are curated, not exhaustive: this is what passed review, not a census of the category. Job counts cover live postings only, and event counts cover future events only, so both shrink as well as grow. Salary figures cover roles that disclose pay in USD; currencies are never blended, and the median is suppressed entirely below 20 disclosing roles rather than published with a caveat.
Data last confirmed August 1, 2026. Reuse these numbers with attribution to devrel.directory and that date.