Is React dead?
Deaditude Score:
30.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The tech equivalent of sensible shoes.
*Data last collected: 18 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โจ
2013
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
76
Answer Rate
46%
Acceptance Rate
20%
Growth
+213%
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
488,125
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
274
Posts
13.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+213.5%
Explosive growth!
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐จ
Migration Alert
2 mentions of migrating away from React detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI made a decision tree to stop myself from writing bad useEffect
r/reactjs23 days ago
376(96%)48
Thinking of abandoning SSR/Next.js for "Pure" React + TanStack Router. Talk me out of it.
r/reactjs28 days ago
219(88%)243
How is Mantine UI not the most popular ui library in 2025?
r/reactjs24 days ago
143(78%)107
I built a "Smart Ticker" component that uses Levenshtein distance to animate only changed characters (supports Emoji, CJK, etc.)
r/reactjs22 days ago
126(98%)15
I moved virtualization math to Rust/WASM - here's what I learned
r/reactjs14 days ago
115(94%)25
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
51,434๐ฎ๐ณIndia
13,665๐ซ๐ทFrance
5,627๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
5,285๐จ๐ฆCanada
3,367๐ฉ๐ชGermany
2,507Market Summary
81,885
Total Jobs
๐ข
281,575
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
React is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about React, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points10.4
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool
2 months ago
689507
RCE Vulnerability in React and Next.js
1 months ago
628258
Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components
1 months ago
346225
The React Foundation
3 months ago
313378
React vs. Backbone in 2025
2 months ago
305231
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried React content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
43
Videos
527.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-50.0%
Average Engagement
12.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering React:
Code With Zosh
Growing Channel
Frontend With Chandel
Hobby Channel
Codevolution
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Build a Enterprise Multi-Tenant SaaS POS Application | Java Spring Boot + React + Redux Full Course
Code With Zosh
2 months ago
1.0K57
React + Vite Complete Setup and Deployment | npm , Plugins, node, Bundlers | ReactJS Full Course #3
Coder Army
1 months ago
750175
React 19 Tutorial - 18 - useState Hook
Codevolution
1 months ago
1444
React 19 Tutorial - 19 - Rules of Hooks
Codevolution
1 months ago
1417
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2026 | 30.0% |
| 4 Jan 2026 | 39.3% |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 30.3% |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 25.3% |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 19.4% |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 15.9% |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 21.4% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 16.6% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 20.2% |
| 18 Sept 2025 | 31.5% |
| 4 Sept 2025 | 22.8% |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 26.8% |
| 8 Aug 2025 | 27.4% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 36.7% |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 33.3% |
| 28 Jun 2025 | 23.5% |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 26.4% |
| 1 Jun 2025 | 27.6% |
| 10 May 2025 | 12.7% |
| 4 May 2025 | 14.1% |
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