Is Go dead?
Deaditude Score:
21.1%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Alive and kicking. Unlike your career trajectory.
*Data last collected: 4 Jan 2026, 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
Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
38
Answer Rate
37%
Acceptance Rate
11%
Growth
+8%
Recent Questions
How to correctly pass dynamically built command arguments to exec.Command in Go?
Answered76 views
dockergodocker-compose
How to prevent resource leaks in Go (based on given TCP connection example)?
Unanswered73 views
gotcpresource-leak
How can http.Server be made to hold open a connection?
Unanswered28 views
gotestingtimeout
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
341,015
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
250
Posts
43.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-10.5%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysRob Pike goes off after AI slop reached his inbox
r/golang19 days ago
772(97%)43
Gin is a very bad software library
r/golang1 months ago
421(92%)128
I've created a 3D, Vulkan based game engine in Go, and it's faster than Unity
r/golang1 months ago
367(95%)72
godump v1.9.0 - 6 months later: Diffing, redaction and more
r/golang23 days ago
279(98%)18
Is this subreddit filled with astroturfing LLM bots?
r/golang1 months ago
266(97%)72
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
550,234🇬🇧United Kingdom
49,935🇨🇦Canada
19,452🇮🇳India
16,861🇩🇪Germany
8,897🇫🇷France
5,616Market Summary
650,995
Total Jobs
🏢
65,008
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 is HN's darling. Until the next hot framework drops.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points101.1
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
Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
27 days ago
1557363
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI
21 days ago
15471797
F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
3 months ago
1478564
Google flags Immich sites as dangerous
2 months ago
1464688
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
Go content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
26
Videos
260.0M
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-18.2%
Average Engagement
10.0M
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Go:
Tech2AI
Small Creator
Joe HaTTab
YouTube Royalty
Tiago
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
238.1K9.6K
2 months ago
1.5K107
2 months ago
33836
2 months ago
2613
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2026 | 21.1% |
| 22 Dec 2025 | 35.0% |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 30.6% |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 31.8% |
| 11 Nov 2025 | 35.5% |
| 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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