Elixir language growth - the TIOBE index

There is this very long thread https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/what-can-we-do-to-accelerate-the-adoption-of-elixir/2398/25 where you might find some ideas.

Well that just shows the level of maturity of people preparing the report.
It’s hard to estimate uptake but going by the number of listings on Indeed they have grown significantly since march I’d say like 3x.

Trending repos on github - Trending Elixir repositories on GitHub today · GitHub (e.g. daily), and the package manager - https://hex.pm/ (“new packages” / “recently updated”) - can be used to gauge the activity; As well as this forum (usually 5-8 new posts per day) and numerous elixir news feeds like ElixirStatus (@elixirstatus) / X (the amount of elixir-related news feeds on twitter is in itself telling). Another thing is youtube conference videos saturation, which is again very high and there’s never enough time to watch them all.

As you delve deeper into the unknown you find out that the smaller projects of the hipster bunch often have incomparably less traction in the above departments.

These threads/posts might interest you

• Forum update: Our first birthday! - #2 by elixirforum

• https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/the-buzz-and-activity-around-elixir-continues-to-go-from-strength-to-strength/6139

In short, I think most of us are very happy with how Elixir is growing - it’s doing extremely well

1. Build cool things with Elixir
2. Build cool things for Elixir

• Spread the word about Elixir (and why it’s so good)
• Help onboard newcomers by writing blog posts/articles/guides doing screencasts etc
• Be active in the community - the more active a community is the more attractive it is for others

Growth can be good, but people tend to underestimate the cost of growth too. Massive influxes of new people put strain on existing community members and infrastructure, and can make it difficult to maintain cultural values. Cultural values in the programming world constitute things like code and library best practices, attitude towards beginners, and the overall tone of dialogue.

To me focusing on getting on some list is an empty goal. So long as we have people coming to this community, learning, and writing Elixir that’s success for me.

^^

I feel the people we need to attract (at this point in time) won’t be paying too much attention to those lists… as is already evident by just looking around.

Oh that’s nothing, I’ve been writing PHP for the last 15 years, heard much worse!

I actually like it being a smaller community, it means the help on offer is not diluted as much, and hopefully over time I can give back.

When it becomes a “top 50” language, it can quickly turn a community into something unpleasant. I don’t think the focus should be on getting more people using Elixir, rather make the ecosystem and tools so good that people will naturally gravitate towards it.

No one ever considered me as a hipster - thanks Tiobe index
Seriously - Elixir should sooner or later will take Ruby’s place.

Uhhh, wut? Isn’t Kotlin near the number one android programming language now? I heard it had almost (or did?) overtake java…

Yes, I agree with this. I would hate to see Elixir turn into a javascript-like ecosystem.