Is Kotlin dead?
Deaditude Score:
37.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You could build the next 100 years of legacy systems with this. Is that a good thing?
*Data last collected: 31 Jul 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
✨
2011
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
142
Answer Rate
39%
Acceptance Rate
27%
Growth
-2%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
96,243
Subscribers
19
Active Users
Activity Metrics
166
Posts
13.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-21.7%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysName-based destructuring in Kotlin
r/Kotlin27 days ago
239(100%)31
FlowMarbles
r/Kotlin25 days ago
141(100%)7
KMP Wizard + Compose = 💜
r/Kotlin19 days ago
97(97%)15
From Python to Kotlin: Why We Rewrote Our Scraping Framework in Kotlin
r/Kotlin1 months ago
87(90%)29
Is Kotlin the language that I've always looked for?
r/Kotlin1 months ago
81(94%)41
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Kotlin on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
3,140🇮🇳India
1,600🇩🇪Germany
971🇫🇷France
451🇬🇧United Kingdom
410🇨🇦Canada
371Market Summary
6,943
Total Jobs
🏢
1,525
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Kotlin 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 Kotlin, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
81
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points13.2
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Kotlin-Lsp: Kotlin Language Server and Plugin for Visual Studio Code
2 months ago
175119
Mill: A better build tool for Java, Scala, and Kotlin
25 days ago
8390
Detekt – A static code analyzer for Kotlin
17 days ago
8379
Meta Joins Kotlin Foundation
1 months ago
5132
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Kotlin content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
15
Videos
67.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+50.0%
Average Engagement
4.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Kotlin:
UiLover
Growing Channel
Dave Leeds
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
27822
Single-Threaded Coroutines in Kotlin
Dave Leeds
2 months ago
21514
1 months ago
15710
1 months ago
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"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2025 | 37.8% |
| 17 Jul 2025 | 36.1% |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 32.7% |
| 20 Jun 2025 | 24.2% |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 24.7% |
| 11 May 2025 | 23.2% |
| 8 May 2025 | 24.4% |
| 3 May 2025 | 24.2% |
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