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Top 100 Key Players companies in Open source
by Most News Heat in the world in 2020

The Open source top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most News Heat Open source Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2020, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
The open-source model is a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. A main principle of open-source software development is peer production, with products such as source code, blueprints, and documentation freely available to the public. The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in open-source appropriate technology, and open-source drug discovery.

Key Players

Fast-growings

Startups & Unicorns

New Entrants

Ranking Year:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Region:

Global

China

Japan

India

United States

Germany

Switzerland

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Australia

Ranking:

Most Patent Filings

Highest Patent Value

Most Patent Citation

Most Research Publications

Most Literature Citation

Most Market Reports

Most News Heat

#
Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Google LLC
California, United States
Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 6,927
2
Microsoft Corp.
Washington, United States
Software,Operating system,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 5,897
3
Amazon.com, Inc.
Washington, United States
E-commerce,Content creator,Data processing,
...[+2]
news: 3,085
4
International Business Machines Corp.
New York, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 2,806
5
Apple, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
news: 2,371
6
Intel Corp.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 1,891
7
GitHub, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Revision control,
...[+2]
news: 1,660
8
Meta Platforms, Inc.
California, United States
Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation,
...[+2]
news: 1,370
9
Red Hat, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
news: 1,357
10
Oracle Corp.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 1,345
11
Apache Corp.
Texas, United States
Natural gas,Petroleum industry,Natural resource management,
...[+2]
news: 1,019
12
Cisco Systems, Inc.
California, United States
Computer hardware,Enterprise software,Internet Protocol,
...[+2]
news: 1,018
13
VMware, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 916
14
YouTube LLC
California, United States
Music,HTML5,Web page,
...[+2]
news: 912
15
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software,
...[+2]
news: 875
16
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Wireless,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 711
17
NVIDIA Corp.
California, United States
Software,Graphics processing unit,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 699
18
Dell, Inc.
Texas, United States
Computer hardware,Thin client,Software,
...[+2]
news: 639
19
AT&T, Inc.
Texas, United States
Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 631
20
Gartner, Inc.
Connecticut, United States
Information management,Business intelligence,Emotional intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 616
21
AWS GmbH
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Environmental consulting,Artificial intelligence,Blockchain,
...[+2]
news: 574
22
SAP SE
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 563
23
Adobe, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
news: 556
24
Netflix, Inc.
California, United States
Mainland China,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 508
25
Verizon Communications, Inc.
New York, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Internet of Things,
...[+2]
news: 486
26
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Washington, United States
Software,Web development,Information technology consulting,
...[+2]
news: 481
27
Mozilla Corp.
California, United States
Software,Bug tracking system,EyeTap,
...[+2]
news: 460
28
QUALCOMM, Inc.
California, United States
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 450
29
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
Texas, United States
Enterprise software,Information technology management,Software,
...[+2]
news: 443
30
LinkedIn Corp.
California, United States
Social media,Publishing,Broadcasting,
...[+2]
news: 411
31
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 410
32
HP, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 409
33
Salesforce, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
news: 405
34
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Zhejiang Sheng, China
E-commerce,Shopping mall,Business-to-business,
...[+2]
news: 385
35
Uber Technologies, Inc.
California, United States
Brand awareness,Public transport,Software,
...[+2]
news: 382
36
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Software,Virtualization,
...[+2]
news: 362
37
Tesla, Inc.
Texas, United States
Electric vehicle,Electronics,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 358
38
Comcast Cable Communications LLC
Pennsylvania, United States
Digital cable,Home automation,Home security,
...[+2]
news: 338
39
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Sweden
Telecommunications,Software,Mobile device,
...[+2]
news: 317
40
Sony Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Computer hardware,Software,Music,
...[+2]
news: 305
41
Baidu, Inc.
Beijing Shi, China
Search engine,Artificial intelligence,Social network,
...[+2]
news: 304
42
Kubernetes LLC
California, United States
Cloud computing,Cloud database
news: 294
43
Cloudera, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Big data,Machine learning,
...[+2]
news: 290
44
Ford Motor Co.
Michigan, United States
Truck,Public transport,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 289
45
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Venture capital,Underwriting,
...[+2]
news: 272
46
Rackspace OpenStack
Texas, United States
Open API,Metal
news: 272
47
Yahoo
Virginia, United States
Advertising,Search engine,Search engine optimization,
...[+2]
news: 260
48
Lenovo Group Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Computer hardware,Mobile device,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 256
49
Fortune Magazine
New York, United States
Journalism,News media
news: 254
50
Instagram LLC
California, United States
Social media,Social network,Image sharing,
...[+2]
news: 253
51
eBay, Inc.
California, United States
E-commerce,Search engine,Common value auction,
...[+2]
news: 251
52
Accenture Plc
Dublin, Ireland
Construction engineering,Systems design,Software,
...[+2]
news: 246
53
General Electric Co.
Massachusetts, United States
Energy management,Turbine,Electronics,
...[+2]
news: 244
54
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
New York, United States
Investment banking,Prime brokerage,Financial institution,
...[+2]
news: 243
55
Next Co-Founder
news: 239
56
General Motors Co.
Michigan, United States
Sport utility vehicle,Public transport,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 237
57
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Online advertising,Social media,Advertising,
...[+2]
news: 236
58
Toyota Motor Corp.
Aichi, Japan
Sport utility vehicle,Mobile device,Public transport,
...[+2]
news: 234
59
Stiftung Ethereum
Bern, Switzerland
Blockchain,Programming language,Application performance management,
...[+2]
news: 233
60
Walmart, Inc.
Arkansas, United States
Warehouse,E-commerce,Hypermarket,
...[+2]
news: 230
61
Forrester Research, Inc.
Massachusetts, United States
Business intelligence,Operational intelligence,Information management,
...[+2]
news: 227
62
Hyperledger
California, United States
Blockchain,Financial institution,Systems design,
...[+2]
news: 222
63
Hortonworks, Inc.
California, United States
Big data,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 220
64
Deutsche Telekom AG
Bayern, Germany
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 213
65
TechRepublic, Inc.
California, United States
News media,Social community,Webcast,
...[+2]
news: 211
66
Vodafone Group Plc
United Kingdom
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Unified communications,
...[+2]
news: 208
67
Broadcom, Inc.
California, United States
Semiconductor,Mobile device,Wireless,
...[+2]
news: 205
68
Alphabet, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Health care,Search engine,
...[+2]
news: 200
69
Docker, Inc.
California, United States
Cloud computing,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 199
70
PayPal, Inc.
California, United States
Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software,
...[+2]
news: 196
71
Bitcoin LLC
California, United States
Cryptocurrency,Blockchain,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
news: 196
72
Siemens AG
Bayern, Germany
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
news: 194
73
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
news: 189
74
Spotify AB
Sweden
Music,Cloud computing,Mobile app,
...[+2]
news: 185
75
EMC Corp.
Massachusetts, United States
Data center,Cloud computing,Software,
...[+2]
news: 184
76
NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Arizona, United States
Network security,Computer security,Software,
...[+2]
news: 183
77
U.S. Department of Defense
District of Columbia, United States
National security,Computer science,Biomedicine,
...[+2]
news: 182
78
Splunk, Inc.
California, United States
Software,Systems design,Operational intelligence,
...[+2]
news: 179
79
Juniper Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Systems design,Educational organization,Product marketing,
...[+2]
news: 177
80
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
California, United States
Network security,Business operations,Software,
...[+2]
news: 174
81
Lightspeed Venture Partners
California, United States
Venture capital,Blockchain,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
news: 173
82
Skype SARL
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Software,
...[+2]
news: 171
83
Gitlab, Inc.
California, United States
DevOps,Software,Systems design,
...[+2]
news: 166
84
The Walt Disney Co.
California, United States
Music,Cable television,IPTV,
...[+2]
news: 165
85
Sun Microsystems Laboratories
California, United States
Computer hardware,Software,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
news: 165
86
LG Electronics, Inc.
South Korea
Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
news: 164
87
Asset & Resource Management Co. Ltd.
Lagos, Nigeria
Asset management,Angel investor,Resource management,
...[+2]
news: 163
88
HTC Corp.
Taiwan Province, China
Mobile device,Computer hardware,Virtual reality,
...[+2]
news: 162
89
NEA Management Co. LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Software as a service,Medical equipment,
...[+2]
news: 160
90
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
New York, United States
Accounting,Bookkeeping,Public sector,
...[+2]
news: 159
91
DevOps Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Association (object-oriented programming)
news: 155
92
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
Bayern, Germany
Sales management,Product design,Automotive engineering,
...[+2]
news: 154
93
CNBC LLC
United States
News media,Digital media,Business Day,
...[+2]
news: 153
94
Accel Partners LLC
California, United States
Venture capital,Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide E,Business studies,
...[+2]
news: 149
95
China Mobile Ltd.
Beijing Shi, China
Telecommunications,Wireless,Roaming,
...[+2]
news: 145
96
SoftBank Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Telecommunications,Mobile device,Via media,
...[+2]
news: 143
97
Nasdaq, Inc.
New York, United States
Information Dissemination,Capital formation,Structured product,
...[+2]
news: 143
98
Bloomberg LP
New York, United States
Publishing,Information technology consulting,News media,
...[+2]
news: 143
99
Xamarin, Inc.
California, United States
Software development,Cloud testing,Android (robot),
...[+2]
news: 142
100
Volkswagen AG
Niedersachsen, Germany
Electric vehicle,Automation,Product design,
...[+2]
news: 141

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