Is Swift dead?
Deaditude Score:
43.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> The official technology of 'it pays the bills'.
*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
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
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%
🗣️ 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
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Swift detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysFixing Swift, one typealias at a time...
r/swift22 days ago
404(90%)40
The sunset yesterday outside my patio looked exactly like the swift logo
r/swift16 days ago
283(95%)13
Proud to announce, my vibe-coded swift App has reached the status "Totally Unmaintainable"
r/swift26 days ago
142(83%)82
Swift enums and extensions are awesome!
r/swift22 days ago
134(97%)29
Finally a rich text editor
r/swift21 days ago
119(98%)19
💼 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
509Market 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
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract [updated]
3 months ago
19341094
Swift-erlang-actor-system
19 days ago
31273
Swift at Apple: Migrating the Password Monitoring Service from Java
2 months ago
243229
What’s new in Swift 6.2
3 months ago
185247
"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
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.2K58
1 months ago
2589
1 months ago
64047
Xcode 26 ChatGPT / Swift Assist Vibe Coding
Flo writes Code
1 months ago
8118
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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