Is PostgreSQL dead?
Deaditude Score:
25.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The tech equivalent of sensible shoes.
*Data last collected: 1 Sept 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
Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
1996
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
87
Answer Rate
47%
Acceptance Rate
28%
Growth
+38%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
65,673
Subscribers
32
Active Users
Activity Metrics
78
Posts
12.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-20.0%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI'm building a visual SQL query builder
r/PostgreSQL26 days ago
407(97%)70
Indexing JSONB in Postgres
r/PostgreSQL1 months ago
77(99%)11
Postgred as a queue | Lessons after 6.7T events
r/PostgreSQL1 months ago
43(89%)13
DuckDB Can Query Your PostgreSQL. We Built a UI For It.
r/PostgreSQL16 days ago
31(88%)4
You should add debugging views to your DB
r/PostgreSQL29 days ago
30(92%)12
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
9,443🇮🇳India
5,602🇫🇷France
3,195🇩🇪Germany
1,692🇨🇦Canada
1,048🇬🇧United Kingdom
885Market Summary
21,865
Total Jobs
🏢
148,464
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
PostgreSQL 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
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about PostgreSQL, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
550
Posts
Community Interest
Average points19.0
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
OpenAI: Scaling PostgreSQL to the Next Level
3 months ago
190139
Speeding up PostgreSQL dump/restore snapshots
2 months ago
15641
ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL UPDATE performance comparison
26 days ago
10642
Select FOR UPDATE considered harmful in PostgreSQL
2 months ago
442
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Some Content
PostgreSQL content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
9
Videos
246.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+50.0%
Average Engagement
27.4K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering PostgreSQL:
Microsoft Reactor
Small Creator
Tut24
Hobby Channel
ThePrimeTime
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Making Postgres 42,000x slower
ThePrimeTime
1 months ago
3.8K149
28 days ago
1.2K43
Build advanced AI Agents with PostgreSQL
Microsoft Reactor
1 months ago
1115
PostgreSQL DQL Tutorial – Master SELECT, ORDER BY & LIMIT Fast!
Harpreet Kaur_Tech
28 days ago
190
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 1 Sept 2025 | 25.9% |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 38.7% |
| 5 Aug 2025 | 37.8% |
| 22 Jul 2025 | 48.9% |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 45.2% |
| 25 Jun 2025 | 32.4% |
| 11 Jun 2025 | 34.3% |
| 29 May 2025 | 30.7% |
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