--- title: "Is Ruby dead in 2021?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-ruby-dead-in-2021--hy-cwjizs source_url: https://blog.ahmadwkhan.com/is-ruby-dead-in-2021 type: article source: "Hashnode" published: 2021-01-30T08:19:51.235Z updated: 2026-03-15T03:23:24.930Z tags: ["general-programming", "rails", "ruby"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 10 comments: 1 language: 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. # Is Ruby dead in 2021? **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 3 min read · 10 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Ruby is a two and a half-decade old language. Its popularity has taken a nosedive in the last few years. Ruby is still a relevant language in 2021 in my opinion. I'd recommend someone starting their journey in 2021, to start with something like JavaScript or even C. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@wizardous** · 2 upvotes > This helps a lot, I recently started learning ruby and was not sure if I should do it or not. Nice Post! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#rails](https://daily.dev/tags/rails), [#ruby](https://daily.dev/tags/ruby) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-ruby-dead-in-2021--hy-cwjizs)