Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Sep 14, 2025Live
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Is React Native dead?

Deaditude Score:

23.7%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You won't be laughed at for using this. Today.
*Data last collected: 8 Sept 2025, 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
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⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2015

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
146
Answer Rate
17%
Acceptance Rate
12%
Growth
+85%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

React Native Expo Malware Detected
Unanswered57 views
reactjsreact-nativeexpo
How to get rid of this error in React native
Unanswered34 views
reactjsnode.jstypescript
Choosing the Front-End Tech Stack for a Web, Mobile, and Watch Project
Unanswered28 views
reactjsreact-nativeweb-applications

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

164,291
Subscribers
47
Active Users

Activity Metrics

387
Posts
16.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+181.4%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

2 mentions of migrating away from React Native detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
My wife couldn’t find a pomodoro app she liked… so I built one in a week
r/reactnative1 months ago
504(97%)99
Took 2 months but got real-time collaboration working!
r/reactnative17 days ago
418(99%)53
is this true guys? are there any alternatives?
r/reactnative24 days ago
251(94%)96
ExpoLaunch — a production-ready React Native/Expo template with Auth, Payments & CI/CD
r/reactnative26 days ago
253(93%)73
Open Source Animated Glows, highly performant, with 20+ free presets
r/reactnative18 days ago
216(99%)8
Browse Reddit

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

React Native on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
2,299
🇮🇳India
2,197
🇫🇷France
388
🇨🇦Canada
349
🇬🇧United Kingdom
237
🇩🇪Germany
223

Market Summary

5,693
Total Jobs
🏢
2,340
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

React Native 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

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about React Native, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

76
Posts

Community Interest

Average points7.9
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Windows 11 Start Menu Revealed as Resource-Heavy React Native App
3 months ago
3717
Show HN: I rewrote an outdated React Native map clustering library
2 months ago
327
Microsoft pitches for React Native in confusing world of desktop development
4 months ago
41
Ask HN: What should I use to run React Native tests on a device?
17 days ago
40
Ask HN: How can I use AlarmKit at expo/React Native?
24 days ago
40
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried React Native content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

10
Videos
430.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-66.7%

Average Engagement

43.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering React Native:
SuperSimpleDev
Major Creator
Sujan Anand
Small Creator
notJust․dev
Growing Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
6.1K655
1 months ago
40774
1 months ago
35037
2 months ago
41953
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
8 Sept 202523.7%
25 Aug 202520.7%
11 Aug 202517.4%
29 Jul 202519.3%
15 Jul 202527.0%
1 Jul 202523.3%
18 Jun 202516.3%
4 Jun 202516.7%
10 May 202510.3%
9 May 202524.2%
4 May 202521.5%

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