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[[File:Rustacean-orig-noshadow.svg|alt=A bright orange crab icon|thumb|Some Rust users refer to themselves as Rustaceans (similar to the word [[crustacean]]) and have adopted an orange crab, Ferris, as their unofficial mascot.{{sfn|Klabnik|Nichols|2019|p=4}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Getting Started |url=https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started#ferris |website=The Rust Programming Language |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101145703/https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started#ferris |url-status=live}}</ref>]]

According to the ''[[MIT Technology Review]]'', the Rust community has been seen as "unusually friendly" to newcomers and particularly attracted people from the [[queer community]], partly due to its [[code of conduct]] which outlined a set of expectations for Rust community members to follow.<ref name="MITTechReview"/> Inclusiveness of the community has been cited as an important factor for some Rust developers.<ref name="Nature"/> Demographic data on the community has been collected and published by the Rust official blog.<ref name=StateOfRustSurvey2024>{{Cite web |title=2024 State of Rust Survey Results {{!}} Rust Blog |url=https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/02/13/2024-State-Of-Rust-Survey-results.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=blog.rustRust-lang.org Blog |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[GitHub]]'s ''State of the Octoverse'' project, the Rust community grew by 50.5% in 2022, making it one of the fastest growing communities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The top programming languages |url=https://octoverse.github.com/2022/top-programming-languages |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The State of the Octoverse |language=en-gb}}</ref> though not one of the 10 largest communities as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=GitHub |date=2024-10-29 |title=Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges |url=https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=The GitHub Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>

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=== Rust Foundation ===

{{Infobox organization

| name = Rust Foundation

| logo = Rust Foundation logo.png

| formation = {{Start date and age|2021|02|08}}

| founders = {{unbulleted list|[[Amazon Web Services]]|[[Google]]|[[Huawei]]|[[Microsoft]]|[[Mozilla Foundation]]}}

| type = [[Nonprofit organization]]

| location_country = [[United States]]

| leader_title = [[Chairperson]]

| leader_name = Shane Miller

| leader_title2 = [[Executive Director]]

| leader_name2 = Rebecca Rumbul

| website = {{URL|https://foundation.rust-lang.org}}

}}