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State of React 2023

Resources

One of the big reason for React's continued dominance is the sheer amount of documentation, blog posts, videos, and other resources it has accumulated over the years. Here's just a small sample!

Learning Methods

The React team has done a great job with the new React docs site, so it shouldn't be surprised that it has become the number one way people learn about the framework.

0%
17%
34%
50%
67%
84%
1

Documentation

7,788
2

Self-directed learning (Google, Stack Overflow, etc.)

7,510
3

Videos & screencasts

5,032
4

Online courses (free)

4,312
5

On-the-job training

3,767
6

Online courses (paid)

3,220
7

Podcasts

1,479
8

Mentoring

1,383
9

Books

1,252
10

Coding bootcamp

734
11

School & higher education

553
12

ChatGPT

13

Blogs

14

Twitter/X

15

AI Tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

16

17

View Source

18

Other Answers

82
0%
17%
34%
50%
67%
84%
% of question respondents
9,264
71%

Blogs & Magazines

While this list is populated by many usual suspects, it's worth celebrating the presence of React-specific media such as This Week in React or React Status.

0%
8%
15%
23%
31%
39%
1

Dev.to

3,135
2

CSS-Tricks

2,766
3

JavaScript Weekly

2,005
4

LogRocket

1,672
5

This Week In React

1,332
6

r/ReactJS

1,213
7

Smashing Magazine

1,157
8

React Status

1,141
9

1,117
10

Node Weekly

736
11

Next.js Weekly

710
12

Best of JS

548
13

React Digest

530
14

Reactiflux

201
15

Twitter/X

16

YouTube

17

Medium

18

Daily Dev

19

Web Standards

20

0%
8%
15%
23%
31%
39%
% of question respondents
8,116
62%
Which blogs/magazines/newsletters/etc. do you read?

Sites & Courses

While Stack Overflow has gone through its own share of AI-related trouble recently, it still tops the rankings for now.

0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
1

Stack Overflow

4,584
2

Udemy

2,654
3

freeCodeCamp

2,033
4

Frontend Masters

1,549
5

Egghead.io

1,521
6

1,181
7

Epic React

928
8

Codecademy

917
9

Pluralsight

696
10

The Joy of React

575
11

O'Reilly

535
12

react.gg

506
13

Academind

492
14

386
15

Coursera

377
16

Scrimba

301
17

Build UI

171
18

Platzi

151
19

YouTube

20

React Documentation

0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
% of question respondents
8,276
64%
Which sites/courses/etc. do you consult to learn JavaScript?

Podcasts

Syntax continues to assert its dominance over the dev podcast landscape. Also interesting to note the lack of any active React-specific podcast in the top 10.

0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
1

Syntax

1,029
2

JS Party

428
3

The Changelog

349
4

Front End Happy Hour

327
5

JavaScript Jabber

300
6

250
7

Shop Talk Show

190
8

PodRocket

169
9

React Podcast

162
10

Full Stack Radio

159
11

JAMStack Radio

124
12

Web Standards

13

React Native Radio

112
14

React Native Show

75
15

Ladybug Podcast

71
16

JavaScript Jam

66
17

Frontend First

18

🚫 None

4,703
19

Other Answers

144
0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
% of question respondents
6,541
50%
Which programming-related podcasts do you listen to?
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: Expo Router

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Video Creators

While Theo and Web Dev Simplified both featured React content, it's interesting to note that despite not typically covering React, The Primeagen still comes in at #3.

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11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

ByteGrad

15

16

17

18

Traversy Media

19

20

0%
11%
22%
33%
44%
55%
% of question respondents
2,102
16%
Which programming-related video creators do you follow (on YouTube, Twitch, etc.)?
(freeform question)

People

When it comes to being an influential figure in the React community, it's no surprise that Dan Abramov tops the rankings – Although Kent C. Dodds and Theo both seem to be challenging for the crown.

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10%
21%
31%
42%
52%
1

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3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Twitter/X

17

18

19

20

0%
10%
21%
31%
42%
52%
% of question respondents
1,040
8%
Which individuals do you read, follow, or just want to highlight in the JavaScript community?
(freeform question)

Other Surveys

0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
1

State of JavaScript

5,613
2

State of CSS

3,975
3

State of HTML

2,521
4

Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey

1,454
5

JetBrains State of Developer Ecosystem

514
6

State of GraphQL

468
7

State of React Native

249
8

Postman State of the API Report

95
9

Design Tools Survey

91
10

CodinGame Developer Survey

46
11

🚫 None

1,664
12

Other Answers

34
0%
14%
29%
43%
58%
72%
% of question respondents
7,780
60%
Which other developer surveys do you participate in?

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