Is Perl dead?
Deaditude Score:
40.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Mature, stable, and as exciting as accounting software.
*Data last collected: 25 Dec 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
✨
1987
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
8
Answer Rate
75%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-100%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
19,145
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
71
Posts
16.6
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-22.2%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Perl detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysLet’s write games in Perl! SDL3.pm is finally on CPAN
r/perl13 days ago
74(99%)13
PerlMonks is being memory wiped on HTTPS:// and Wikipedia
r/perl8 days ago
47(91%)49
perlxs reference manual rewrite
r/perl8 days ago
37(100%)4
Perl's decline was cultural
r/perl27 days ago
40(92%)47
PAGI: a POC spiritual successor to PSGI/Plack
r/perl27 days ago
34(92%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Perl on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
7,352🇮🇳India
1,703🇫🇷France
1,629🇨🇦Canada
324🇬🇧United Kingdom
257🇩🇪Germany
195Market Summary
11,460
Total Jobs
🏢
38,501
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Perl 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
HN Darling
Perl gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points39.3
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Perl's decline was cultural
23 days ago
395453
What Killed Perl?
1 months ago
199436
DuckDuckGo Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation v2025
2 months ago
18045
Terrain Diffusion: A Diffusion-Based Successor to Perlin Noise
19 days ago
15442
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Perl.
Content Metrics
24
Videos
4.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%
Average Engagement
190.3
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Perl:
The Debug Zone
Hobby Channel
Dr Perl
Major Creator
RikedyP
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
01
1 months ago
23
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 25 Dec 2025 | 40.8% |
| 11 Dec 2025 | 34.4% |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 48.3% |
| 14 Nov 2025 | 31.8% |
| 1 Nov 2025 | 37.6% |
| 18 Oct 2025 | 37.0% |
| 5 Oct 2025 | 32.7% |
| 21 Sept 2025 | 36.6% |
| 7 Sept 2025 | 58.4% |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 37.0% |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 38.8% |
| 28 Jul 2025 | 29.9% |
| 15 Jul 2025 | 42.0% |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 48.7% |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 54.2% |
| 4 Jun 2025 | 45.0% |
| 10 May 2025 | 51.5% |
| 4 May 2025 | 50.8% |
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