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Is Swift dead?

Deaditude Score:

43.4%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 10 Aug 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

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
2014

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
150
Answer Rate
42%
Acceptance Rate
27%
Growth
-19%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

129,369
Subscribers
29
Active Users

Activity Metrics

237
Posts
14.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-33.7%
Losing steam

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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Migration Alert

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

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

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

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
25,664
🇬🇧United Kingdom
3,801
🇮🇳India
3,002
🇨🇦Canada
1,048
🇩🇪Germany
536
🇫🇷France
509

Market Summary

34,560
Total Jobs
🏢
45,568
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Swift 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

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

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points23.6
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

YouTube algorithm buried Swift content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

11
Videos
120.5K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-50.0%

Average Engagement

11.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Swift:
Flo writes Code
Small Creator
AppStuff
Growing Channel
Sean Allen
Growing Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
10 Aug 202543.4%
27 Jul 202537.4%
13 Jul 202534.2%
30 Jun 202522.8%
16 Jun 202521.4%
3 Jun 202527.7%
10 May 202529.8%

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