Is Kotlin dead?
Deaditude Score:
29.8%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: 27 Aug 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
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Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
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Stackoverflow copypasting
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Job offering
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Companies adoption
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Hacker News Hype
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⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
125
Answer Rate
38%
Acceptance Rate
27%
Growth
+38%
Recent Questions
Hilt/Dagger generates MissingBinding errors for obfuscated third-party SDK classes in release build (R8 / AGP 8 / targetSdk 35)
Unanswered27 views
androidkotlingradle
Why won't JPA let me save a ByteArray into a column of type bytea?
Unanswered18 views
postgresqlkotlinhibernate
Tests doesn't stop when receive multipart data in KTOR
Unanswered17 views
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🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
97,190
Subscribers
39
Active Users
Activity Metrics
140
Posts
13.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+4.3%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysMade a Compose Desktop app to control and mirror Android devices
r/Kotlin26 days ago
147(92%)20
Is Kotlin a safe bet for the future?
r/Kotlin22 days ago
110(95%)157
Made a Google Calendar Clone in Compose Multiplatform
r/Kotlin16 days ago
103(100%)5
Common "web" target!
r/Kotlin11 days ago
84(99%)5
Bazel is now a first-class build tool for Kotlin in IntelliJ IDEA
r/Kotlin18 days ago
66(99%)7
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Kotlin on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
3,483🇮🇳India
1,635🇩🇪Germany
845🇫🇷France
463🇨🇦Canada
419🇬🇧United Kingdom
411Market Summary
7,256
Total Jobs
🏢
46,913
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
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
Kotlin gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
76
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points22.1
Moderate buzz
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
3 months ago
175119
Mill: A better build tool for Java, Scala, and Kotlin
1 months ago
8390
Detekt – A static code analyzer for Kotlin
1 months ago
8379
Meta Joins Kotlin Foundation
2 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
14
Videos
71.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+40.0%
Average Engagement
5.1K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Kotlin:
The Programming Professor
Hobby Channel
Droidcon Italy
Small Creator
Philipp Lackner
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
The Untold Story of Kotlin
CodeSource
1 months ago
1.8K218
1 months ago
35852
1 months ago
1003
1 months ago
427
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2025 | 29.8% |
| 14 Aug 2025 | 36.8% |
| 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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