Is Swift dead?
Deaditude Score:
36.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 20 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
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
83
Answer Rate
43%
Acceptance Rate
29%
Growth
+40%
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
134,720
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
149
Posts
11.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-32.8%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSwift for Android? Now You Can Build Full Apps
r/swift18 days ago
230(98%)41
Approachable Swift Concurrency
r/swift22 days ago
135(97%)12
ElementaryUI - A Swift framework for building web apps with WebAssembly
r/swift15 days ago
106(98%)32
SimCleaner - a free solution to manage (delete) old and unused simulators
r/swift25 days ago
93(95%)13
I built a native macOS binary analysis tool in Swift
r/swift9 days ago
67(97%)12
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
27,245๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,802๐ฎ๐ณIndia
2,716๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,207๐ฉ๐ชGermany
537๐ซ๐ทFrance
531Market Summary
35,038
Total Jobs
๐ข
55,045
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.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Swift, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
1,000
Posts
Community Interest
Average points18.2
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
The Swift SDK for Android
2 months ago
696280
Swift on Android: Full Native App Development Now Possible
18 days ago
293234
Winamp clone in Swift for macOS
2 months ago
262155
Swift on FreeBSD Preview
2 months ago
235156
Paul Hegarty's updated CS193p SwiftUI course released by Stanford
1 months ago
20140
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Swift content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
10
Videos
17.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+33.3%
Average Engagement
1.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Swift:
Swift Pal
Hobby Channel
SwiftServerConf
Hobby Channel
CodeWithChris
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
How to Make an App (Xcode 26) FULL TUTORIAL
CodeWithChris
1 months ago
44934
28 days ago
10180
Getting started with gRPC Swift - George Barnett
SwiftServerConf
1 months ago
381
1 months ago
106
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2026 | 36.8% |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 42.5% |
| 23 Dec 2025 | 40.9% |
| 10 Dec 2025 | 42.8% |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 38.0% |
| 12 Nov 2025 | 35.7% |
| 31 Oct 2025 | 37.0% |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 38.8% |
| 3 Oct 2025 | 31.5% |
| 20 Sept 2025 | 39.7% |
| 6 Sept 2025 | 35.6% |
| 23 Aug 2025 | 41.0% |
| 10 Aug 2025 | 43.4% |
| 27 Jul 2025 | 37.4% |
| 13 Jul 2025 | 34.2% |
| 30 Jun 2025 | 22.8% |
| 16 Jun 2025 | 21.4% |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 27.7% |
| 10 May 2025 | 29.8% |
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