Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
May 14, 2026Live
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Is JavaScript dead?

Deaditude Score:

39.2%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 8 May 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

Active Support

Question Metrics

Total Questions
192
Answer Rate
63%
Acceptance Rate
18%
Growth
-2%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Browser Rendering Pipeline: CSS Transitions vs. GSAP in high-stress DOM scenarios
Unanswered95 views
javascripthtmlcss
How do I achive a grainy effect using an SVG after inlining it from a file?
Answered60 views
javascripthtmlcss
How to prevent accidental scrolling on mobile Chromium browsers
Unanswered57 views
javascripthtmlcss

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

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

Community Size

2,434,272
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

163
Posts
11.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-17.2%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

1 mentions of migrating away from JavaScript detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Announcing TypeScript 7.0 Beta
r/javascript23 days ago
177(97%)19
tiks – Procedural UI sounds in 2KB, zero audio files, pure Web Audio synthesis
r/javascript28 days ago
143(98%)49
I wrote a deep dive into how LLMs work under the hood - tokenization, embeddings, attention and generation - all explained with runnable JavaScript
r/javascript9 days ago
116(89%)30
I built LiquidGlass, a JS lib to render pixel perfect iOS Liquid Glass effect on the web (with WebGL)!
r/javascript29 days ago
112(89%)33
The HTML Sanitizer API
r/javascript7 days ago
58(97%)11
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
30,058
🇮🇳India
23,700
🇩🇪Germany
3,594
🇬🇧United Kingdom
3,320
🇫🇷France
2,846
🇨🇦Canada
2,502

Market Summary

66,020
Total Jobs
🏢
456,523
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

JavaScript 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 JavaScript, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

529
Posts

Community Interest

Average points16.9
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Temporal: The 9-year journey to fix time in JavaScript
2 months ago
790266
The three pillars of JavaScript bloat
1 months ago
489272
A better streams API is possible for JavaScript
2 months ago
447156
JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters
4 months ago
34059
UEFI Bindings for JavaScript
3 months ago
259113
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried JavaScript content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

33
Videos
602.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-33.3%

Average Engagement

18.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering JavaScript:
CBSoft Orgin
Hobby Channel
Last Academy(Dharmveer)
Hobby Channel
e-Academyy
Hobby Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
4.5K117
2 months ago
87
1 months ago
20
1 months ago
30
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
8 May 202639.2%
24 Apr 202626.8%
10 Apr 202624.4%
28 Mar 202624.4%
14 Mar 202627.3%
28 Feb 202627.8%
15 Feb 202631.2%
1 Feb 202624.8%
18 Jan 202624.5%
5 Jan 202640.5%
22 Dec 202529.3%
8 Dec 202533.0%
25 Nov 202518.3%
11 Nov 202525.6%
29 Oct 202522.4%
16 Oct 202521.8%
2 Oct 202523.3%
18 Sept 202525.2%
5 Sept 202528.9%
22 Aug 202531.4%
8 Aug 202525.8%
26 Jul 202526.1%
12 Jul 202518.1%
28 Jun 202549.8%
15 Jun 202556.5%
1 Jun 202541.9%
10 May 202544.3%

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