Is PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
32.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> A technological plateau of pure, undiluted adequacy.
*Data last collected: 7 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
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
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Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
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Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
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Companies adoption
Still Thriving
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Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
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⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
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
54
Answer Rate
61%
Acceptance Rate
7%
Growth
-36%
Recent Questions
How to treat a php array as a regular list so when I add elements by numeric indices it keeps the keys in order
Unanswered101 views
phparraysjson
What's the correct way to host a Laravel application at a sub-directory?
Answered100 views
phplaravelinertiajs
Access Spotify API via ddev php
Unanswered67 views
phpspotifyddev
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
195,238
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
142
Posts
17.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+6.1%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from PHP detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysPHP's biggest problem
r/PHP6 days ago
189(92%)118
PHP 8.5 10 million requests per day with 10 PHP workers on $50 VPS
r/PHP18 days ago
167(88%)68
👻 PHP Dead Code Detector is stable (after 4 years of development), newly supports even Laravel!
r/PHP1 months ago
159(97%)19
php_excel 2.0: ground-up rewrite of the C extension, 9-10× faster than PhpSpreadsheet
r/PHP8 days ago
130(95%)39
Ember: Real-time dashboard for FrankenPHP
r/PHP19 days ago
121(97%)18
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
10,647🇩🇪Germany
4,112🇮🇳India
3,927🇫🇷France
1,815🇬🇧United Kingdom
471🇨🇦Canada
398Market Summary
21,370
Total Jobs
🏢
225,799
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.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
PHP gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points46.3
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
2 months ago
186102
PHP 8.6 Closure Optimizations
28 days ago
12450
Show HN: Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables
2 months ago
6650
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
PHP content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
29
Videos
331.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+18.2%
Average Engagement
11.4K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PHP:
Webslesson
Hobby Channel
jackob seleman
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
5620
2 months ago
192
2 months ago
41
2 months ago
41
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 7 May 2026 | 32.0% |
| 23 Apr 2026 | 40.3% |
| 9 Apr 2026 | 22.5% |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 26.8% |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 41.5% |
| 27 Feb 2026 | 31.9% |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 35.5% |
| 31 Jan 2026 | 35.2% |
| 17 Jan 2026 | 34.9% |
| 4 Jan 2026 | 42.4% |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 36.0% |
| 7 Dec 2025 | 35.4% |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 24.2% |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 33.9% |
| 28 Oct 2025 | 37.0% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 36.1% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 25.9% |
| 17 Sept 2025 | 35.2% |
| 4 Sept 2025 | 27.3% |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 40.8% |
| 7 Aug 2025 | 39.5% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 26.4% |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 25.1% |
| 27 Jun 2025 | 30.0% |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 23.5% |
| 31 May 2025 | 28.0% |
| 10 May 2025 | 26.4% |
| 4 May 2025 | 25.6% |
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