Is Go dead?
Deaditude Score:
24.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> This one's not going anywhere—unlike your last three projects.
*Data last collected: 17 Jun 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
7
Answer Rate
43%
Acceptance Rate
14%
Growth
-75%
Recent Questions
httpclient and (decorating) middleware in golang
Answered165 views
godecoratorhttp.client
Error when running a .exe Go program if I add a line break in the import
Answered124 views
goimportbuild
Goroutines leaking after context cancellation in fan-out/fan-in worker pool
Unanswered99 views
goconcurrencygoroutine
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
364,228
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
188
Posts
40.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-3.4%
Minor decline
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 daysGenerics methods are now implemented
r/golang1 months ago
415(99%)48
No matter how many languages I try, I keep returning to Go
r/golang13 days ago
373(94%)127
Learning Go, 3rd Edition is in Early Release
r/golang26 days ago
368(99%)22
I spent 3 months building a Go PDF engine from scratch to understand Go in depth here's what pprof, the allocator, and 4 optimization passes taught me
r/golang18 days ago
304(93%)55
Is Go loosing it's way?
r/golang19 days ago
291(74%)251
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Go devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
556,879🇬🇧United Kingdom
50,067🇨🇦Canada
19,922🇮🇳India
16,088🇩🇪Germany
14,113🇫🇷France
7,700Market Summary
664,769
Total Jobs
🏢
0
Companies Using It
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 points118.2
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
The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen
26 days ago
2210490
Google releases Gemma 4 open models
2 months ago
1812474
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
1 months ago
17551143
Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data
2 months ago
1711765
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Trending
YouTubers discovered Go generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
9
Videos
902.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+300.0%
Average Engagement
100.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Go:
Sean Standberry
Small Creator
HardReset.Info
Hobby Channel
Google Antigravity
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Google Antigravity 2.0 Beginner's Guide
Google Antigravity
1 months ago
5.2K2.9K
1 months ago
85833
2 months ago
35529
Superhuman Go Tutorial: The Ultimate All-in-One AI Workflow
Kevin Stratvert
29 days ago
1898
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | 24.5% |
| 4 Jun 2026 | 42.8% |
| 21 May 2026 | 31.0% |
| 7 May 2026 | 27.0% |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 24.3% |
| 10 Apr 2026 | 30.7% |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 15.0% |
| 14 Mar 2026 | 25.6% |
| 28 Feb 2026 | 38.2% |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 28.7% |
| 1 Feb 2026 | 41.7% |
| 18 Jan 2026 | 40.4% |
| 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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