Is Typescript dead?
Deaditude Score:
35.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Mature, stable, and as exciting as accounting software.
*Data last collected: 21 Apr 2026, 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
✨
2012
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
50
Answer Rate
46%
Acceptance Rate
18%
Growth
0%
Recent Questions
NestJS clean architecture repository pattern
Answered83 views
typescriptmongodbnestjs
Why doesn't TypeScript type narrowing work here
Unanswered59 views
typescript
Flavored types (optional symbol property intersection) lose discrimination when base type is a complex template literal
Unanswered51 views
typescripttypescript-template-literals
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
177,910
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
50
Posts
22.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-47.6%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAnnouncing TypeScript 6.0
r/typescript1 months ago
342(98%)38
numpy-ts is now as fast as native NumPy
r/typescript14 days ago
324(98%)48
We rewrote our VIN decoder from SQLite to binary indexes - 100x faster, and our neural net reverse-engineered the VIN spec
r/typescript24 days ago
51(87%)13
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
13,510🇮🇳India
6,606🇬🇧United Kingdom
2,581🇩🇪Germany
2,377🇫🇷France
2,280🇨🇦Canada
1,808Market Summary
29,162
Total Jobs
🏢
189,301
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Typescript 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
HN tolerates discussions about Typescript, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
865
Posts
Community Interest
Average points9.0
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
We rewrote our Rust WASM parser in TypeScript and it got faster
1 months ago
293212
Porting 100k lines from TypeScript to Rust using Claude Code in a month
3 months ago
255164
The Concise TypeScript Book
3 months ago
23761
The history of C# and TypeScript with Anders Hejlsberg [video]
3 months ago
199156
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTube algorithm buried Typescript content deeper than archaeological discoveries.
Content Metrics
30
Videos
1.8M
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-45.5%
Average Engagement
58.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Typescript:
Automation Step by Step
YouTube Royalty
Code With Kenny (Kenneth Nnabuife)
Small Creator
CodeWithAswin
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Stop Writing TypeScript Code Like This
Web Dev Simplified
1 months ago
87371
1 months ago
35948
Playwright Typescript | Page Object Model | Step-by-Step DEMO
Automation Step by Step
2 months ago
6723
Playwright TypeScript | TypeScript vs JavaScript in Playwright
Automation Step by Step
2 months ago
6220
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | 35.4% |
| 7 Apr 2026 | 30.3% |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 36.6% |
| 11 Mar 2026 | 38.3% |
| 25 Feb 2026 | 23.1% |
| 12 Feb 2026 | 33.3% |
| 29 Jan 2026 | 31.2% |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 33.3% |
| 2 Jan 2026 | 42.7% |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 34.7% |
| 5 Dec 2025 | 38.0% |
| 22 Nov 2025 | 31.9% |
| 8 Nov 2025 | 23.8% |
| 26 Oct 2025 | 19.9% |
| 13 Oct 2025 | 33.8% |
| 29 Sept 2025 | 41.5% |
| 15 Sept 2025 | 40.3% |
| 2 Sept 2025 | 32.5% |
| 19 Aug 2025 | 38.8% |
| 5 Aug 2025 | 23.4% |
| 23 Jul 2025 | 25.0% |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 27.3% |
| 25 Jun 2025 | 37.9% |
| 12 Jun 2025 | 37.5% |
| 29 May 2025 | 28.7% |
| 9 May 2025 | 27.8% |
| 4 May 2025 | 31.0% |
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