Is Kubernetes dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Stability guaranteed. Innovation optional.
*Data last collected: 1 Nov 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โจ
2014
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
23
Answer Rate
9%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+333%
Recent Questions
Optimization: K3d/ArgoCD/GitLab CI/CD Stack Overwhelming 5GB VM RAM (Alpine Linux)
Unanswered63 views
kubernetesgitlabvirtual-machine
How to translate caddy to ingress nginx controller
Unanswered39 views
kubernetesnginxnginx-ingress
Issue with Docker buildx build using GPU
Unanswered32 views
dockerkubernetesgpu
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
181,651
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
266
Posts
19.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+10.8%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from Kubernetes detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysIt's GitOps or Git + Operations
r/kubernetes14 days ago
1089(98%)99
When YAML runs the entire infrastructure like a boss
r/kubernetes24 days ago
541(93%)43
We shrunk an 800GB container image down to 2GB (a 99.7% reduction). Here's our post-mortem.
r/kubernetes5 days ago
302(71%)232
Building a 1 Million Node cluster
r/kubernetes17 days ago
205(99%)35
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
40,688๐ฎ๐ณIndia
12,102๐ซ๐ทFrance
4,903๐ฉ๐ชGermany
4,252๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
3,567๐จ๐ฆCanada
2,510Market Summary
68,022
Total Jobs
๐ข
151,605
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Kubernetes is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Kubernetes, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
195
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points9.0
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: Edka โ Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account
2 months ago
437130
Intelligent Kubernetes Load Balancing at Databricks
1 months ago
13025
Show HN: KubeForge โ A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs
3 months ago
6223
Longhorn โ A Kubernetes-Native Filesystem
1 months ago
5952
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried Kubernetes content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
16
Videos
545.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-71.4%
Average Engagement
34.1K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Kubernetes:
TheDevOpsSchool
Hobby Channel
Abhishek.Veeramalla
YouTube Royalty
JavaScript Mastery
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
DevOps from Zero to Hero: Build and Deploy a Production API
JavaScript Mastery
1 months ago
9.4K705
Day-14 | Deploy a multi microservice architectured application on Kubernetes using GKE
Abhishek.Veeramalla
1 months ago
14340
1 months ago
12419
Complete Kubernetes Tutorials in 3 hours 2025 Part1
TheDevOpsSchool
1 months ago
174
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2025 | 32.5% |
| 18 Oct 2025 | 29.9% |
| 4 Oct 2025 | 34.1% |
| 21 Sept 2025 | 33.3% |
| 7 Sept 2025 | 34.9% |
| 24 Aug 2025 | 37.8% |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 33.3% |
| 28 Jul 2025 | 31.3% |
| 14 Jul 2025 | 27.6% |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 35.9% |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 16.5% |
| 4 Jun 2025 | 19.5% |
| 10 May 2025 | 16.5% |
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