Is Java dead?
Deaditude Score:
36.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 29 Jun 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
✨
1995
GitHub Pulse
Stable
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
21,255
total stars
Forks
6,066
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
395
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Java73.5%
C++14.3%
C8.1%
Assembly2.8%
Objective-C0.4%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
400
Answer Rate
29%
Acceptance Rate
16%
Growth
+19%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
367,575
Subscribers
45
Active Users
Activity Metrics
87
Posts
44.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-41.9%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Java detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysWe built a Java cache that beats Caffeine/EHCache on memory use — and open-sourced it
r/java12 days ago
210(97%)41
Will this Reactive/Webflux nonsense ever stop?
r/java29 days ago
135(90%)106
Why there is so many JDKs
r/java25 days ago
127(90%)93
Embedded Redis for Java
r/java14 days ago
117(95%)68
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Java devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
61,426🇮🇳India
28,026🇫🇷France
9,080🇩🇪Germany
8,237🇬🇧United Kingdom
5,107🇨🇦Canada
4,148Market Summary
116,024
Total Jobs
🏢
229,835
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.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Java, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
795
Posts
Community Interest
Average points15.7
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
JavaScript Trademark Update
3 days ago
854319
JavaScript's New Superpower: Explicit Resource Management
1 months ago
329234
Java at 30: Interview with James Gosling
1 months ago
253423
Odyc.js – A tiny JavaScript library for narrative games
25 days ago
24951
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Java content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
12
Videos
167.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
14.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Java:
Java
Growing Channel
Ashok IT
Small Creator
Simplilearn
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
93464
1 months ago
58532
Full Stack Java Developer Course | Full Stack Java Developer Tutorial for Beginners | Simplilearn
Simplilearn
1 months ago
1380
1 months ago
13334
"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 Jun 2025 | 36.3% |
| 15 Jun 2025 | 36.1% |
| 1 Jun 2025 | 32.1% |
| 10 May 2025 | 35.4% |
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