Is Go dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.6%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Runs smoothly on thousands of servers. All maintained by people who look dead inside.
*Data last collected: 8 Aug 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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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
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
34
Answer Rate
26%
Acceptance Rate
18%
Growth
+171%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
321,038
Subscribers
71
Active Users
Activity Metrics
328
Posts
35.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+41.6%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI GOT HIRED TODAY
r/golang29 days ago
1610(97%)175
Insanely productive in Go... rethinking everything
r/golang1 months ago
617(94%)132
My wife made me this golang gopher
r/golang1 months ago
373(94%)22
Go seems to accomplish the Zen of Python way better than Python
r/golang1 months ago
324(92%)88
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
630,613🇬🇧United Kingdom
71,616🇨🇦Canada
22,639🇮🇳India
18,292🇩🇪Germany
9,019🇫🇷France
6,752Market Summary
758,931
Total Jobs
🏢
51,747
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.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Barely Mentioned
Go gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points70.2
Noteworthy
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
4 months ago
13911403
Googler... ex-Googler
4 months ago
1114989
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
1 months ago
1055685
EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google
21 days ago
1050690
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Go content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
4
Videos
48.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-66.7%
Average Engagement
12.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Go:
Gopher's Gaze
Hobby Channel
Maxim From Kyiv
Hobby Channel
Melkey
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
2.3K62
1 months ago
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[Hindi] Go Tutorial 001 - Why to learn Go in 2025?
Gopher's Gaze
2 months ago
30
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2025 | 32.6% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 36.1% |
| 12 Jul 2025 | 36.3% |
| 28 Jun 2025 | 27.9% |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 22.8% |
| 1 Jun 2025 | 18.2% |
| 10 May 2025 | 18.7% |
| 4 May 2025 | 27.3% |
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