Mapbox announces 1 million users and counting

Mapbox is really helping people go places. The D.C.-based mapping company just announced its one millionth developer on its site. The company commemorated the move with a new hashtag #1millionexploring.

Our 1,000,000th developer just made a map!!!🚀🚀 We want to hear your stories and milestones, so celebrate with us and share your own memories using #1millionexploring pic.twitter.com/BWf3ISBjij

— Mapbox (@Mapbox) February 8, 2018

The company closed on a $164 million Series C investment round last October, making it the third largest deal in the fourth quarter of the year in the DMV. The company recently relocated to a new office at 15th and H Sts. NW.

my first @Mapbox map was a Lord of The Rings themed map that helped me got this job and later become my first co-authored blogpost. #1millionexploring pic.twitter.com/77VUtvhQZO

— Pratik Yadav (@PrtkYdv) February 9, 2018

According to Mapbox founder Eric Gundersen: “Every time someone uses a map, the map gets smarter. Almost 10% of our registered developers are actively hitting our map APIs each month, meaning we’re in apps touching more than 300 million people, all around the world. Over 60 percent of our developers come from outside the US, from over 217 countries. The more people in more places touching our maps, the more anonymous data streams back into the map, making a live updating map of the world for everyone.”

https://twitter.com/emilymdubois/status/961979722417737729

I made my very first @Mapbox map last year to celebrate our local volunteering! #1millionexploring #Mapboxgljs #beginnermap https://t.co/Zoo9OL5RsH pic.twitter.com/ZJZHcA1r6q

— Marena Brinkhurst (@Marena_B) February 8, 2018