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