Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
May 14, 2026Live
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Is Next.js dead?

Deaditude Score:

40.5%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Perfect for systems that must never, ever change. Like your manager's mindset.
*Data last collected: 10 May 2026, 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
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Reddit Drama

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Youtube Clickbaits

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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

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2016

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
27
Answer Rate
19%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-42%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Next.js doesn't render component properly when I back from a route to the index route
Unanswered137 views
javascriptreactjsnext.js
REST API fetches data very slow, how to make it fast?
Unanswered68 views
node.jsperformancerest
Next.js App Router: should image uploads go through an API route or use Cloudinary signed direct uploads?
Unanswered65 views
node.jsnext.jscloudinary

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

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

Community Size

166,321
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

185
Posts
6.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-22.7%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
TypeScript 7.0 beta is out - entire compiler ported to Go, about 10x faster on large codebases
r/nextjs21 days ago
93(97%)30
Why Next.js Keeps Getting CVEs (And Why That's Actually Fine)
r/nextjs5 days ago
64(90%)12
what's the next.js feature you were excited about that turned out to be way more painful than expected
r/nextjs28 days ago
44(95%)39
what’s the easiest way to host next.js outside of vercel?
r/nextjs4 days ago
34(92%)57
I built the same Next.js storefront on 4 headless commerce backends and one surprised me
r/nextjs17 days ago
32(77%)16
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Next.js on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
2,856
🇮🇳India
1,330
🇬🇧United Kingdom
463
🇫🇷France
300
🇩🇪Germany
291
🇨🇦Canada
278

Market Summary

5,518
Total Jobs
🏢
19
Companies Using It
A few courageous (or stubborn) companies still on board.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Next.js 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 Next.js, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

591
Posts

Community Interest

Average points6.2
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
6/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week
2 months ago
540236
We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under 2
1 months ago
215217
Cloudflare rewrites Next.js as AI rewrites commercial open source
2 months ago
245
Vinext – The Next.js API surface, reimplemented on Vite
2 months ago
172
Next.js 16.2
1 months ago
161
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried Next.js content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

37
Videos
566.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-44.4%

Average Engagement

15.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Next.js:
Code with Ahsan
Small Creator
The Metaverse Guy
Growing Channel
JavaScript Mastery
Major Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
7.1K376
1 months ago
21911
2 months ago
578
2 months ago
28933
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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
DateScore
10 May 202640.5%
27 Apr 202626.7%
13 Apr 202629.7%
30 Mar 202623.7%
17 Mar 202638.0%
3 Mar 202628.4%
17 Feb 202633.8%
4 Feb 202633.0%
21 Jan 202626.1%
7 Jan 202627.0%
25 Dec 202529.7%
11 Dec 202517.5%
27 Nov 202520.1%
14 Nov 202522.5%
1 Nov 202519.4%
18 Oct 202529.2%
5 Oct 202521.3%
21 Sept 202520.9%
7 Sept 202521.9%
25 Aug 202520.6%
11 Aug 202524.1%
28 Jul 202523.0%
15 Jul 202519.5%
1 Jul 202515.8%
17 Jun 202514.9%
4 Jun 202510.2%
10 May 20259.3%
4 May 202512.5%

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