In 2024, Rust is becoming more and more popular

On February 19th, Rust released its 2023 survey report. This survey has been conducted continuously for eight years, attracting many maintainers, contributors, and people interested in the future development of Rust projects to participate.

The 2023 Rust Status Survey began on December 18, 2023 and will continue until January 15, 2024. The Rust team is exploring a more efficient and sustainable process to collect and analyze data faster, providing deeper and more valuable insights to the community.

Rust Usage

In 2023, the proportion of respondents who identify themselves as Rust users will increase slightly, from 91% in 2022 to 93% in 2023.

Among the population using Rust in 2023, 49% are using Rust every day, an increase of 2 percentage points compared to last year, showing a slight upward trend.

Among respondents who were non-Rust users , 31% said the difficulty of Rust was the main reason they didn’t use it, while 67% noted that they haven’t had the opportunity to prioritize learning Rust, which remains the most common reason they don’t use Rust.