My Github Contributions keeps Reducing.

[Vikrez22]

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Why do my GitHub contribution keep reducing, I can calculate over 1k+ contribution I have made from the year I started, but my contribution has refused to reach 1k, once it gets to 950-970 it comes down to 930-940.

I have noticed this for a while now, and it is not nice.
Please can anyone with a similar situation help out?

Thanks in advance.

[asdacosta]

There can be many reasons. This will help you identify the actual cause:
https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/managing-contribution-settings-on-your-profile/why-are-my-contributions-not-showing-up-on-my-profile

[AmirSarrafzadeh]

These are some of the reasons of reducing Github contibutions:

Rolling Window: GitHub contributions are shown on a rolling 365-day basis. This means contributions made more than a year ago will drop off the contribution graph as time progresses.

Types of Contributions Counted:

Commits in the default branch or the gh-pages branch.
Pull requests opened and merged.
Issues opened.
Contribution Visibility:

Contributions to private repositories are only visible to you, but they still count towards your overall contribution count.
Ensure that your contributions are being made to the correct branches and repositories that are counted towards your contributions.
Merge Activity:

If your contributions include merges or you are part of a repository where your changes get squashed, some of your individual commits might not be counted.
Local Commits:

Ensure that all your local commits are pushed to GitHub. Commits that are not pushed to GitHub won't be counted.
Time Zone Differences:

Contributions can be affected by time zone differences, which may cause discrepancies in contribution counting.
Repository Visibility Changes:

If a repository changes from public to private, the contributions in that repository will no longer be counted publicly.
Filtering Contributions:

Sometimes filtering settings in your contributions graph might hide some contributions. Check the settings on your contributions graph.

[ebndev]

Hi @AmirSarrafzadeh, thanks for taking the time to reply!

@Vikrez22 it's correct that your contribution graph is reflective of all of the days currently being displayed, so the number of contributions as well as the contribution colors may change. Please see this related discussion for more context and let us know if you have any additional questions 😄

[Vikrez22]

Thanks for the reply, Understood.

[ThinkOutSideTheBlock]

I have the same problem as well, I don't know why my overall contributions go down and down.

[ebndev]

Hi @ThinkOutSideTheBlock!

Please see my comment above and that might help explain why your contribution number changes!

it's correct that your contribution graph is reflective of all of the days currently being displayed, so the number of contributions as well as the contribution colors may change. Please see this related discussion for more context and let us know if you have any additional questions 😄

[ThinkOutSideTheBlock]

hi @ebndev ,Tnx for your reply,Problem is not only my total contributes get lower and lower but also when ever I contribute to other users repos , that doesn't count for me any more , so in last few days I have some commits in my on going projects on different repos and different branches but none of has been counted or shown in graph .

SO I think these are two separate problems but some how related to each other

[Kimbohlovette]

My contributions keep dropping to 920 - 930 each time I reach close to 1k