--- title: Kotlin Devs Diversify: Android is 25% Now | daily.dev description: A conference interview at KotlinConf 2025 with a JetBrains organizer covering the evolution of the Kotlin community over eight years. Key highlights include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/82wpacprf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kotlin Devs Diversify: Android is 25% Now | daily.dev og:description: A conference interview at KotlinConf 2025 with a JetBrains organizer covering the evolution of the Kotlin community over eight years. Key highlights include... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/82wpacprf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/82WpaCPRf.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kotlin Devs Diversify: Android is 25% Now **[Just Kotlin](https://daily.dev/sources/justkotlin)** · [@giorgishalvashvili](https://daily.dev/giorgishalvashvili) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference interview at KotlinConf 2025 with a JetBrains organizer covering the evolution of the Kotlin community over eight years. Key highlights include attendance doubling from 1,150 to 2,100 (sold out), a major shift in community composition from ~75% Android developers in 2017 to Android now representing only 25-30%, and growing adoption of Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) with Compose Multiplatform going stable for iOS. The conversation also touches on AI's impact on software engineering, concerns about junior developers losing problem-solving skills, and a rapid-fire round on favorite Kotlin language features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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