Is Go dead?
Deaditude Score:
18.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Stable, reliable, and way out of your league.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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
Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2009
GitHub Pulse
Active Development
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
127,695
total stars
Forks
18,030
total forks
Open PRs
9,111
open pull requests
Recent Commits
194
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Go89.0%
Assembly5.8%
HTML4.7%
C0.2%
Shell0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
73
Answer Rate
32%
Acceptance Rate
15%
Growth
+41%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit
Community Size
309,759
Subscribers
86
Active Users
Activity Metrics
386
Posts
33.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+73.7%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Go detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAm i crazy or is documentation for most go libraries actually horrible
r/golang19 days ago
542(95%)160
This 150-Line Go Script Is Actually a Full-On Load Balancer
r/golang18 days ago
398(91%)60
Most People Overlook Go’s Concurrency Secrets
r/golang1 months ago
395(93%)38
Any idea why go is not Massively overperforming java in this benchmark ?
r/golang16 days ago
364(89%)197
Say "no" to overly complicated package structures
r/golang24 days ago
244(94%)64
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
675,311🇬🇧United Kingdom
76,816🇨🇦Canada
23,674🇮🇳India
19,184🇩🇪Germany
9,713🇫🇷France
7,513Market Summary
812,211
Total Jobs
🏢
38,057
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 points95.5
Noteworthy
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
3 months ago
2246396
Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town
1 months ago
1817403
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
2 months ago
17701068
Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
2 months ago
1581356
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
2 months ago
1403800
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
YouTubers discovered Go generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
11
Videos
241.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+66.7%
Average Engagement
22.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Go:
Begin Coding Fast
YouTube Royalty
BekBrace
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Why Everyone’s Talking About MCP?
ByteByteGo
1 months ago
6.4K98
1 months ago
29237
Data types in Golang - Go programming language tutorial (2)
Begin Coding Fast
1 months ago
00
How to print on console - Go programming language tutorial (3)
Begin Coding Fast
1 months ago
10
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 10 May 2025 | 18.7% |
| 4 May 2025 | 27.3% |
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