Is Swift dead?
Deaditude Score:
42.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Mature, stable, and as exciting as accounting software.
*Data last collected: 6 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
99
Answer Rate
44%
Acceptance Rate
30%
Growth
-25%
Recent Questions
Apple Developer Program expired but Renew button is missing and subscription does not appear anywhere
Unanswered44 views
iosswiftapple-developer-account
How to prevent layout interfering with an ongoing UIView animation
Unanswered43 views
iosswiftanimation
Detecting Vibrations from Internal Vibration Motor Using Accelerometer
Unanswered31 views
iosswiftiphone
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
134,218
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
164
Posts
12.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+5.8%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSwift for Android? Now You Can Build Full Apps
r/swift4 days ago
213(97%)38
Approachable Swift Concurrency
r/swift8 days ago
130(96%)12
Swift Configuration 1.0 released
r/swift27 days ago
120(99%)2
SimCleaner - a free solution to manage (delete) old and unused simulators
r/swift11 days ago
89(95%)13
Awesome Apple Developer Tutorials
r/swift1 months ago
84(99%)4
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
26,556๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
2,582๐ฎ๐ณIndia
2,521๐จ๐ฆCanada
976๐ฉ๐ชGermany
518๐ซ๐ทFrance
471Market Summary
33,624
Total Jobs
๐ข
54,141
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 points17.6
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
3 days ago
292227
Winamp clone in Swift for macOS
1 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
Fading Away
YouTube algorithm buried Swift content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
12
Videos
101.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-33.3%
Average Engagement
8.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Swift:
NDC
Small Creator
Stanford Online
Growing Channel
Apple Developer
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.8K0
Stanford CS193p: iOS Development with SwiftUI | 2025 | L1: Intro to Xcode and SwiftUI
Stanford Online
1 months ago
1.0K0
1 months ago
1776
1 months ago
476
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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