Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jan 30, 2026Live
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Is Go dead?

Deaditude Score:

40.4%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Best described in performance reviews as 'meets expectations'.
*Data last collected: 18 Jan 2026, 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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2009

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

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
35
Answer Rate
34%
Acceptance Rate
20%
Growth
-10%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

gRPC request returns a response that missing fields while these fields are not zero-value when debugging
Unanswered86 views
gogrpcgrpc-go
Are variables preserved between invocations of a glib.timeout()?
Answered51 views
gogtk3
Associating RETURN key with a button in Fyne
Unanswered32 views
gofyne

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

343,127
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

253
Posts
44.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+2.4%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Rob Pike goes off after AI slop reached his inbox
r/golang1 months ago
793(97%)44
Holy crap it's fast
r/golang22 days ago
741(90%)135
Go 1.26 interactive tour
r/golang25 days ago
721(99%)35
godump v1.9.0 - 6 months later: Diffing, redaction and more
r/golang1 months ago
279(98%)20
Why do people use dependency injection libraries in Go?
r/golang17 days ago
252(91%)187
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
620,511
🇬🇧United Kingdom
55,056
🇨🇦Canada
22,778
🇮🇳India
17,688
🇩🇪Germany
9,157
🇫🇷France
5,911

Market Summary

731,101
Total Jobs
🏢
66,506
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Go is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Barely Mentioned

Go is HN's darling. Until the next hot framework drops.

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points105.5
High interest

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
6/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
3 months ago
2080933
Lessons from 14 years at Google
26 days ago
1678688
Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
1 months ago
1557363
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI
1 months ago
15501800
F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
4 months ago
1478564
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Go content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.

Content Metrics

15
Videos
83.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-25.0%

Average Engagement

5.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Go:
Cursos y Tutoriales Monterrey
Hobby Channel
Coding with Patrik
Small Creator
Vibe Coding with Naman
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
45130
1 months ago
12455
2 months ago
9427
2 months ago
2065
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
18 Jan 202640.4%
4 Jan 202621.1%
22 Dec 202535.0%
8 Dec 202530.6%
24 Nov 202531.8%
11 Nov 202535.5%
29 Oct 202541.7%
15 Oct 202536.5%
2 Oct 202532.4%
18 Sept 202537.4%
4 Sept 202539.6%
22 Aug 202522.3%
8 Aug 202532.6%
25 Jul 202536.1%
12 Jul 202536.3%
28 Jun 202527.9%
14 Jun 202522.8%
1 Jun 202518.2%
10 May 202518.7%
4 May 202527.3%

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