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title: "CNCF and SlashData Report Confirms India as One of the Largest Cloud Native Communities with 2.25 Million Developers"
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source_url: https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2026/06/17/cncf-and-slashdata-report-confirms-india-as-one-of-the-largest-cloud-native-communities-with-2-25-million-developers
type: article
source: "CNCF"
published: 2026-06-18T03:30:08.374Z
updated: 2026-06-18T03:31:04.512Z
tags: ["kubernetes", "cloud-native", "platform-engineering", "hybrid-cloud", "cncf"]
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# CNCF and SlashData Report Confirms India as One of the Largest Cloud Native Communities with 2.25 Million Developers

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## Summary

CNCF and SlashData's State of Cloud Native Development in India report reveals India has approximately 2.25 million cloud native developers as of Q1 2026, representing about 11% of the global total. Key findings include hybrid cloud adoption at 44% (exceeding the global average of 34%), Kubernetes usage among Indian backend developers at 42% (surpassing container adoption at 39%), and roughly half of professional AI developers in India using cloud native infrastructure. The community skews young, with 70% of India's cloud native developers under age 35 compared to 39% globally.

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