Is Swift dead?
Deaditude Score:
29.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Best described in performance reviews as 'meets expectations'.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2014
GitHub Pulse
Active Development
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
68,554
total stars
Forks
10,466
total forks
Open PRs
7,155
open pull requests
Recent Commits
906
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment
Language Distribution
C++47.4%
Swift44.5%
C4.7%
Python1.6%
CMake0.9%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
222
Answer Rate
42%
Acceptance Rate
33%
Growth
+1%
Recent Questions
SwiftData Transformable Attribute Error with Empty Arrays
Unanswered23 views
swiftswiftdata
Binding not updating as expected between SwiftUI and UIKit
Unanswered21 views
iosswiftswiftui
Detecting objects and creating an animation effect like Canva's background removal feature iOS Swift
Unanswered16 views
iosswift
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
126,593
Subscribers
47
Active Users
Activity Metrics
209
Posts
13.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+15.2%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysHow would we feel about a community rule banning the answer, "Ask ChatGPT"?
r/swift21 days ago
178(94%)49
Fully Native Cross-Platform Swift Apps
r/swift18 days ago
143(96%)37
Swift memory layout cheat sheet (iOS)
Swift provides MemoryLayout<T> to inspect type characteristics at compile time. What can we learn from it?
r/swift16 days ago
123(99%)23
ErrorKit: The Swift error handling library you've been waiting for
r/swift15 days ago
79(91%)26
Behavioral Design Patterns Cheat Sheet
r/swift14 days ago
75(95%)5
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
30,362🇬🇧United Kingdom
3,749🇮🇳India
3,179🇨🇦Canada
1,231🇫🇷France
601🇩🇪Germany
532Market Summary
39,654
Total Jobs
🏢
35,417
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 points24.9
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract [updated]
28 days ago
19341094
Apple is open sourcing Swift Build
3 months ago
612283
A Vision for WebAssembly Support in Swift
1 months ago
202101
Swiftly 1.0
1 months ago
18082
What’s new in Swift 6.2
4 days ago
167200
"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
7
Videos
19.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-33.3%
Average Engagement
2.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Swift:
Banking Digits
Major Creator
Lukas Margerie
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
54120
1 months ago
7212
How to use Windsurf AI for iOS App Development
CodeWithChris
8 days ago
8433
2 months ago
50
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
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