Is Swift dead?
Deaditude Score:
38.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 17 Oct 2025, 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
163
Answer Rate
37%
Acceptance Rate
25%
Growth
+19%
Recent Questions
Why does a decoded Date from Firebase have a small milliseconds offset in Swift?
Answered42 views
iosswiftfirebase
SwiftUI Keyboard Toolbar not Displaying
Unanswered34 views
iosswiftswiftui
How to create Glass Effect TabView with kind of Switch button to update TabView with new Tabs?
Unanswered31 views
iosswiftswiftui
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
131,257
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
177
Posts
13.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-13.1%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysJelly Slider
r/swift1 months ago
200(97%)15
I HATE THE NEW XCODE
r/swift13 days ago
177(85%)75
The Growth of the Swift Server Ecosystem
r/swift1 months ago
139(100%)11
Playing around with custom swipe gestures and interactive buttons in SwiftUI. Iโm using a horizontal ScrollView and ScrollViewReader. Would you change or improve something?
r/swift1 months ago
95(100%)26
What Swift feature made you go 'wow, I wish every language had this'?
r/swift25 days ago
89(97%)105
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
27,917๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
3,371๐ฎ๐ณIndia
2,740๐จ๐ฆCanada
1,012๐ซ๐ทFrance
650๐ฉ๐ชGermany
572Market Summary
36,262
Total Jobs
๐ข
49,528
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 points19.3
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Swift-erlang-actor-system
3 months ago
31273
Launch HN: Bitrig (YC S25) โ Build Swift apps on your iPhone
2 months ago
188122
How we built an interpreter for Swift
1 months ago
8236
Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked
2 months ago
80130
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Swift.
Content Metrics
2
Videos
1.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
537.5
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Swift:
CodeWithChris
Small Creator
Sam Xcode
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
SwiftUI Tutorial (Xcode 26)
CodeWithChris
NaN years ago
597
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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