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React

Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.

Fig. 1
React's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
00.511.52AprMayJunJulAugSept
React%

Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.

Fig. 2
New GitHub repos a week: react
02000400060006 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug21 Sept5 Oct19 Oct
react

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Fig. 3
npm downloads a week: react
0100.0M200.0M300.0M6 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug14 Sept28 Sept12 Oct19 Oct
react

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Job ads naming it, by week

Postings in Adzuna's UK IT feed and on RemoteOK whose title or description names React. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.

  1. 10 Aug 8
  2. 17 Aug 9
  3. 24 Aug 16
  4. 31 Aug 7
  5. 7 Sept 13
  6. 14 Sept 11
  7. 21 Sept 12
  8. 28 Sept 16
  9. 5 Oct 45
  10. 12 Oct 21
  11. 19 Oct 11
  12. 26 Oct 10

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. The Rust React Compiler is now native in Vite174 pts · 52 comments · 4 Sept
  2. You don't need React: creating a minimal UI library in Vanilla JavaScript137 pts · 110 comments · 4 Aug
  3. Octane – React’s programming model, compiled125 pts · 47 comments · 3 Aug
  4. Vidact – a compiler that turns React into direct DOM operations70 pts · 31 comments · 2 Sept
  5. Shaders, WebGPU Components for React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, JavaScript and Framer63 pts · 28 comments · 7 Oct
  6. He (Trump) asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro7 pts · 2 comments · 2 Oct
  7. What's New in React 19.3 and How It Changes UI Development7 pts · 3 comments · 17 Oct
  8. Ask HN: ReAct vs. Planning Pattern7 pts · 1 comments · 3 Aug

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