Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Feb 1, 2026Live
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Is Java dead?

Deaditude Score:

32.1%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 1 Feb 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

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
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
1995

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
227
Answer Rate
44%
Acceptance Rate
15%
Growth
+3%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Does function/method overriding occur only when polymorphism is implemented in java?
Answered88 views
javapolymorphismoverriding
Weird IllegalArgumentException - Spring 6.1 cannot find controller method parameters despite -parameters being passed in compiler
Unanswered59 views
javaspringspring-boot
Is there something wrong with commons-net-3.12.0.jar when I get java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError?
Answered46 views
javaandroidapache

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

386,699
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

96
Posts
44.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-25.0%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Project Valhalla is prototyping null checks!
r/java18 days ago
217(97%)95
Java's `var` keyword is actually really nice for cleaning up verbose declarations
r/java20 days ago
210(85%)165
Annote: A Turing complete language using only Java annotations as its syntax.
r/java23 days ago
202(97%)45
Is Java’s Biggest Limitation in 2026 Technical or Cultural?
r/java6 days ago
190(91%)236
One step closer to Value Classes!
r/java26 days ago
182(97%)117
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Java devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
63,535
🇮🇳India
25,019
🇫🇷France
7,334
🇩🇪Germany
6,517
🇬🇧United Kingdom
4,605
🇨🇦Canada
3,539

Market Summary

110,549
Total Jobs
🏢
293,716
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Java is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about Java, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

916
Posts

Community Interest

Average points18.0
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
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2 months ago
1106627
Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition
3 months ago
1027464
Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
1 months ago
748285
It’s time to free JavaScript (2024)
1 months ago
720367
JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters
23 days ago
34059
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried Java content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

37
Videos
1.5M
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-52.9%

Average Engagement

41.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Java:
Vinoth QA Academy
Small Creator
Java Brains
Small Creator
Aadiandjava 2.0
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
15.1K1.2K
1 months ago
1908
1 months ago
5713
1 months ago
4510
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
1 Feb 202632.1%
19 Jan 202618.2%
5 Jan 202625.8%
22 Dec 202528.3%
9 Dec 202530.4%
25 Nov 202524.9%
11 Nov 202523.5%
30 Oct 202520.2%
16 Oct 202524.1%
2 Oct 202521.9%
19 Sept 202521.3%
5 Sept 202524.5%
22 Aug 202526.3%
9 Aug 202526.6%
26 Jul 202525.0%
12 Jul 202524.2%
29 Jun 202536.3%
15 Jun 202536.1%
1 Jun 202532.1%
10 May 202535.4%

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