@Arbitrary Despite having more languages available for the survey than ever before (11), less people participated in the survey than last year (6.4% decrease 2022 compared to 2021). That's not healthy and a sign that people are less interested in the future of Rust. For the question why people stopped using Rust, the top answer is "Factors outside my control".

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think that's a sign of less interest. It's probably just that it wasn't shared as widely as the previous survey. Social media gives somewhat random attention like that sometimes.

[–] miniu@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

I never saw anything about 2022 survey, and I do use Rust at work and follow the news around it.

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

@SorteKanin That's not just random attention difference. In fact, Rust got a lot of attention due to the integration into Linux Kernel and the multiple dramas that happened.

[–] hairyballs@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't even know there were a survey (and I've used Rust professionnaly for years)

[–] thingsiplay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@hairyballs So point is, that less people took the survey than before.

[–] RunAwayFrog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I only participated in two surveys, the first, then the second or third (don't remember).

I am here. So, while I'm not sure, I think I'm still interested 😑

Maybe gauging level of interest based on the number of survey participants is not a sound strategy 🤔

I think there used to be a question about how long you've known/used Rust. And you would find that new or relatively new users were always overrepresented. Although, maybe that over-representation was read wrongly at times.

If I had to speculate something based on this decline, I would guess that most people who were to give Rust a try at some point, have actually done so already. So the influx of people new to the language, where for them the novelty (and the excitement/resentment that comes with it) hasn't worn off already, has slowed down.

I'd say that's understandable, and is to be expected after many years of hyped existence.

[–] alienscience@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think the survey was advertised? For me it popped up when I was writing something in the Rust Playground.