Is Drupal dead?
Deaditude Score:
63.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Officially on life support. Devs communicate via ouija board.
*Data last collected: 13 Dec 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad
Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2001
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Struggling
Question Metrics
Total Questions
3
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-100%
Recent Questions
Need help to understand "type" field in Drupal watchdog logs. How to enable core "security" and "update" type logs on watchdog? Not looking for custom
Unanswered46 views
securitydrupalwatchdog
Has anyone seen a problem with Redis Cluster breaking with Drupal core update from 10.3.14 to 10.5.6
Unanswered34 views
azureredisdrupal
Edit field cardinality from unlimited to limited
Unanswered27 views
drupal
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
18,077
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
47
Posts
11.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+26.7%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysDrupal Canvas is Now Available: Inside Drupal's New Visual Page Builder
r/drupal12 days ago
50(100%)28
What is Drupal.displace() and why should I care?
r/drupal13 days ago
34(97%)16
Congrats to the Drupal Canvas team!
r/drupal11 days ago
31(93%)1
Things I Wish I Had Known About Drupal When I Started
r/drupal15 days ago
29(93%)34
Drupal Canvas Demo - a short tour of what's possible now
r/drupal8 days ago
29(90%)10
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Drupal jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
681🇮🇳India
285🇫🇷France
236🇨🇦Canada
109🇬🇧United Kingdom
45🇩🇪Germany
35Market Summary
1,391
Total Jobs
🏢
27,622
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Drupal is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Fading Away
When Drupal is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
5
Posts
Last mentioned 2 days ago
Community Interest
Average points1.8
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
3/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Drupal Ajax is now powered by Htmx
3 months ago
40
Solutions for Building an Online Store
14 days ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Drupal.
Content Metrics
16
Videos
3.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-40.0%
Average Engagement
216.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Drupal:
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
Growing Channel
DXPR
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Bringing Drupal AI into your DNA (p4): When you need to use code to create AI Agents & Tools!
FreelyGive
1 months ago
151
It's Alive! Exploring The New FrankenPHP Modern High Performance PHP Application Server
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
1 months ago
40
1 months ago
40
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2025 | 63.7% |
| 29 Nov 2025 | 60.3% |
| 15 Nov 2025 | 66.8% |
| 3 Nov 2025 | 60.2% |
| 20 Oct 2025 | 61.4% |
| 6 Oct 2025 | 54.8% |
| 23 Sept 2025 | 60.1% |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 66.3% |
| 26 Aug 2025 | 56.6% |
| 13 Aug 2025 | 53.8% |
| 30 Jul 2025 | 49.6% |
| 16 Jul 2025 | 44.2% |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 61.9% |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 65.7% |
| 5 Jun 2025 | 48.2% |
| 10 May 2025 | 39.8% |
| 7 May 2025 | 43.7% |
| 3 May 2025 | 52.1% |
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