Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jun 26, 2026Live
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Is PHP dead?

Deaditude Score:

41.3%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Your boss loves it. That should tell you everything.
*Data last collected: 17 Jun 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

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
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
1995

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
47
Answer Rate
66%
Acceptance Rate
9%
Growth
-55%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Selenium Python ReadTimeoutError: HTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=53487): Read timed out. (read timeout=120)
Unanswered128 views
pythonphpselenium-webdriver
How would you implement category and location based SMS notifications in WordPress?
Unanswered122 views
phpwordpresstwilio
In Laravel, when should I use Controllers, Services, Actions, Repositories, Model?
Answered105 views
phplaraveldesign-patterns

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

196,899
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

161
Posts
22.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-17.2%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Claude Mythos Audited Symfony and Found 19 Vulnerabilities
r/PHP1 months ago
196(94%)67
The PHP Polling API RFC is currently passing 19-0 and it might be the most impactful thing to happen to PHP in years and nobody is talking about it
r/PHP1 months ago
167(88%)46
Composer 2.10 Release
r/PHP29 days ago
123(97%)5
Another contribution to PHP core got approved 🎉
r/PHP26 days ago
114(95%)9
An Update on Composer & Packagist Supply Chain Security
r/PHP1 months ago
113(99%)13
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
10,682
🇩🇪Germany
4,229
🇮🇳India
3,537
🇫🇷France
1,887
🇨🇦Canada
383
🇬🇧United Kingdom
354

Market Summary

21,072
Total Jobs
🏢
225,787
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

PHP 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

HN Darling

PHP gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points45.8
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
100M-Row Challenge with PHP
4 months ago
186102
PHP's Oddities
1 months ago
134175
PHP 8.6 Closure Optimizations
2 months ago
12450
Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions
1 months ago
8927
Show HN: Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables
3 months ago
6650
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about PHP.

Content Metrics

38
Videos
35.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-62.5%

Average Engagement

929.5
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering PHP:
pari kewat
Hobby Channel
Web Tech Knowledge
Growing Channel
launch idea
YouTube Royalty

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
24111
2 months ago
124
2 months ago
129
2 months ago
82
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
17 Jun 202641.3%
3 Jun 202638.8%
20 May 202618.4%
7 May 202632.0%
23 Apr 202640.3%
9 Apr 202622.5%
27 Mar 202626.8%
13 Mar 202641.5%
27 Feb 202631.9%
14 Feb 202635.5%
31 Jan 202635.2%
17 Jan 202634.9%
4 Jan 202642.4%
21 Dec 202536.0%
7 Dec 202535.4%
24 Nov 202524.2%
10 Nov 202533.9%
28 Oct 202537.0%
15 Oct 202536.1%
1 Oct 202525.9%
17 Sept 202535.2%
4 Sept 202527.3%
21 Aug 202540.8%
7 Aug 202539.5%
25 Jul 202526.4%
11 Jul 202525.1%
27 Jun 202530.0%
14 Jun 202523.5%
31 May 202528.0%
10 May 202526.4%
4 May 202525.6%

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