Is Go dead?
Deaditude Score:
41.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> A technological plateau of pure, undiluted adequacy.
*Data last collected: 29 Oct 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
35
Answer Rate
34%
Acceptance Rate
23%
Growth
-29%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
330,687
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
290
Posts
32.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+14.9%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from Go detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI failed my first Go interview, finally!
r/golang26 days ago
386(98%)87
Writing Better Go: Lessons from 10 Code Reviews
r/golang11 days ago
342(98%)70
A completely unproductive but truthful rant about Golang and Java
r/golang16 days ago
337(87%)237
How Golang devs curse?
r/golang1 months ago
326(84%)45
How we found a bug in Go's arm64 compiler
r/golang24 days ago
272(99%)9
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
662,773🇬🇧United Kingdom
63,063🇨🇦Canada
21,811🇮🇳India
16,491🇩🇪Germany
9,498🇫🇷France
6,357Market Summary
779,993
Total Jobs
🏢
58,789
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 points93.8
Noteworthy
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
2 months ago
30502330
F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
1 months ago
1478564
Google flags Immich sites as dangerous
10 days ago
1461688
Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?
2 months ago
1338731
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Go content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
3
Videos
68.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
23.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Go:
CodeLucky
Hobby Channel
What The Func? w/ Ed Zynda
Hobby Channel
freeCodeCamp.org
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Build a Full Stack Movie Streaming App in Go – Golang, React, MongoDB, OpenAI API Project Course
freeCodeCamp.org
1 months ago
2.6K80
Build AI Agents in Go - Step By Step Tutorial
What The Func? w/ Ed Zynda
1 months ago
353
1 months ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2025 | 41.7% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 36.5% |
| 2 Oct 2025 | 32.4% |
| 18 Sept 2025 | 37.4% |
| 4 Sept 2025 | 39.6% |
| 22 Aug 2025 | 22.3% |
| 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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