1. Executive Summary
22.2%Dead
▼ Improving (-8.9% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "Basically immortal. The cockroaches of the tech world will be written in this." |
| Classification | language |
| Age | 15 years (est. 2011) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Kotlin. The deaditude score is heavily influenced by the components listed below.
D =fage × ∑i=1nWbase,i · qi∑ Wbase,j · qjCi
Where Ci ∈ {GH, SO, RE, HN, YT, JB}
Figure 1: Existential Footprint
Radar analysis mapping the six distinct vectors of existential threat.
Figure 2: Historical Deaditude Evolution
Expected Extinction Date (Approximation): August 2039
Chronological evolution of existential threat.
2. Clinical Analysis
2.1 Diagnostic Metrics
The following objective indicators have been collected to determine the existential status of this technology:
Codebase Vitality (GitHub)
- Stars: 53,457
- Forks: 6,422
- Open Issues: 0
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 1,417
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 500
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 15
- Answered Ratio: 60.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 33.3%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 26.7%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 0
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 35
- Average Views: 2,769
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 66
- Average Upvotes: 17.5
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: -8.7%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 56
- Average Points: 36.4
- Days Since Last Post: 0
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 61,177
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 6,902
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 9/26/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | Why I'm Not Much Using Compose Multiplatform Anymore Channel: Philipp Lackner | 21806 |
 | 🔥Kotlin Abstraction: Mastering Abstract Classes and Interfaces | Kotlin Tutorial | Hindi Channel: Nitesh | Android Development | 16 |
 | How Kotlin Powers Functional Design: MCP Edition | David Denton Channel: Kotlin by JetBrains | 1802 |
 | A Guided Tour of Kotlin | Everything Explained Official Channel: Everything Explained Official | 6 |
 | Kotlin/Wasm: Finally, the missing piece for a full stack Kotlin webapp! | Dan Kim Channel: Kotlin by JetBrains | 3829 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Kotlin 2026: Layoffs, AI, Google — Is the Golden Age Over? Jake Wharton Explains | 178 | 71 |
| New JetBrains research: devs switch to Kotlin for the experience, not because they're forced to | 94 | 30 |
| Kotlin 2.4.20 Released | 84 | 20 |
| Ktor 3.6.0 Is Now Available! | 62 | 1 |
| Haze 2.0 | 59 | 2 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin | 1275 | 957 |
| Escape IntelliJ: Scala and Kotlin LSPs on Emacs Eglot | 134 | 121 |
| G# – A modern .NET language with Go, Kotlin, and Swift ergonomics | 118 | 104 |
| G#: A modern .NET language with Go, Kotlin, and Swift ergonomics | 50 | 30 |
| KotlinLLM | 20 | 1 |
Appendix D: StackOverflow Pleas for Help
| Question Title | Views | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cannot stop virtual keyboard from opening programmatically when getfocus called | 45 | Unanswered (1 ans) |
| Kotlin, implement camera in an overlay service even if MainActivity app is closed | 22 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
| Issue whilst paging: Appends error and items position gives problem | 95 | Unanswered (1 ans) |
| How can I remotely screen-share an Android device without showing the screen-sharing permission popup every time? | 117 | Answered (1 ans) |
| Is having a Ktor back end the right thing to do in this case? | 61 | Unanswered (0 ans) |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2026 | 22.2% | Accidentally Alive |
| 9/12/2026 | 31.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/29/2026 | 30.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/14/2026 | 30.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/31/2026 | 28.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/17/2026 | 21.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| 7/4/2026 | 27.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/23/2026 | 43.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/9/2026 | 45.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/27/2026 | 43.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 5/13/2026 | 38.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/29/2026 | 50.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/16/2026 | 49.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/2/2026 | 44.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/19/2026 | 44.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/6/2026 | 36.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/20/2026 | 26.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 2/6/2026 | 28.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/24/2026 | 34.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 1/10/2026 | 44.5% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/27/2025 | 38.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 12/14/2025 | 45.2% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/30/2025 | 36.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/16/2025 | 37.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/4/2025 | 43.3% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/21/2025 | 30.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 10/7/2025 | 37.9% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/24/2025 | 37.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 9/10/2025 | 28.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/27/2025 | 29.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/14/2025 | 36.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/31/2025 | 37.8% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/17/2025 | 36.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/4/2025 | 32.7% | Stable & Mature |
| 6/20/2025 | 24.2% | Accidentally Alive |
| 6/7/2025 | 24.7% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/11/2025 | 23.2% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/8/2025 | 24.4% | Accidentally Alive |
| 5/3/2025 | 24.2% | Accidentally Alive |