Is jQuery dead?
Deaditude Score:
44.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 11 Sept 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
✨
2006
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
30
Answer Rate
40%
Acceptance Rate
30%
Growth
-8%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
20,806
Subscribers
4
Active Users
Activity Metrics
4
Posts
4.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-100.0%
Free falling
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysjQuery: Still relevant in 2025
r/jquery7 days ago
15(100%)3
Calling twice Mypop dialog with variable for option passed got Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf')
at MyPopup (menu.js:1046:11)
at HTMLLIElement.<anonymous> (menu.js:284:5)
at HTMLLIElement.dispatch (jquery.js:5145:27)
r/jquery18 days ago
1(99%)0
post: Getting headers before the response text/html
r/jquery13 days ago
0(50%)5
JQuery showing on page
r/jquery12 days ago
0(33%)2
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
jQuery on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
5,085🇺🇸United States
2,172🇫🇷France
287🇩🇪Germany
236🇬🇧United Kingdom
227🇨🇦Canada
183Market Summary
8,190
Total Jobs
🏢
108,764
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
jQuery is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about jQuery, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
380
Posts
Community Interest
Average points13.1
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
What We Lost with PHP and jQuery
3 months ago
3675
Is it still worth using jQuery in 2025?
2 months ago
53
jQuery 4.0.0 Release Candidate 1
24 days ago
30
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
jQuery videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.
Content Metrics
9
Videos
364
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%
Average Engagement
40.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering jQuery:
AN GROUP
Hobby Channel
Learn IT Free: Careers & Tech with Vi-2s-Dk
Hobby Channel
IT Tec
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
![WHICH IS BEST: Bootstrap, jQuery, React, Angular or Vue? [2025]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ps6aCYYlrIE/mqdefault.jpg)
WHICH IS BEST: Bootstrap, jQuery, React, Angular or Vue? [2025]
Learn IT Free: Careers & Tech with Vi-2s-Dk
1 months ago
100
![jQuery + JavaScript Project for Beginners: Simon Game Tutorial [ Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nr5RAd2wiDY/mqdefault.jpg)
24 days ago
10
1 months ago
30
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 |
|---|---|
| 11 Sept 2025 | 44.7% |
| 28 Aug 2025 | 49.8% |
| 15 Aug 2025 | 64.0% |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 50.3% |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 43.0% |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 49.2% |
| 21 Jun 2025 | 59.6% |
| 8 Jun 2025 | 62.7% |
| 12 May 2025 | 51.6% |
| 9 May 2025 | 60.0% |
| 3 May 2025 | 55.3% |
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