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State of React 2024

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.

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Documentation

5,024
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Self-directed learning (Google, Stack Overflow, etc.)

4,611
3

Videos & screencasts

3,139
4

Online courses (free)

2,580
5

AI Tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

2,516
6

On-the-job training

2,225
7

Online courses (paid)

1,907
8

Podcasts

1,078
9

Books

792
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Mentoring

734
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Coding bootcamp

420
12

School & higher education

397
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Blogs

15

Other Answers

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5,965
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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.

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Dev.to

1,749
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CSS-Tricks

1,559
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This Week In React

1,519
4

JavaScript Weekly

1,233
5

r/ReactJS

767
6

749
7

LogRocket

697
8

Smashing Magazine

620
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React Status

604
10

Next.js Weekly

450
11

Node Weekly

435
12

React Digest

388
13

Best of JS

300
14

Reactiflux

100
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TLDR

17

Twitter/X

18

Daily Dev

19

Medium

20

YouTube

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5,263
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Which blogs/magazines/newsletters/etc. do you read?

Courses & Training Material

It's always impressive to see how educators like Wes Bos or Epic React's Kent C. Dodds can rank almost as high as entire platforms such as Udemy or freeCodeCamp.

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Udemy

1,607
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freeCodeCamp

1,218
3

Frontend Masters

989
4

915
5

Egghead.io

809
6

646
7

Epic React

645
8

Codecademy

564
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react.gg

418
10

The Joy of React

400
11

Pluralsight

393
12

O'Reilly

376
13

Coursera

287
14

Academind

276
15

Platzi

207
16

Scrimba

181
17

Build UI

106
18

DevTalles

19

YouTube

20

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5,078
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Which course or other material (videos, books, etc.) have you used?

Podcasts

Syntax continues to assert its dominance over the dev podcast landscape, and while there still really isn't much in terms of web-focused React podcasts, React Native Radio comes in at a very honorable #8.

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Syntax

973
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JS Party

233
3

The Changelog

177
4

Front End Happy Hour

139
5

131
6

Frontend First

122
7

JavaScript Jabber

117
8

React Native Radio

102
9

Shop Talk Show

100
10

PodRocket

94
11

Web Standards

12

Full Stack Radio

74
13

React Podcast

70
14

Front-End Fire

67
15

RocketShip

56
16

This Month in React

51
17

React Native Show

47
18

JAMStack Radio

43
19

Ladybug Podcast

42
20

JavaScript Jam

33
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Which programming-related podcasts do you listen to?
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2024 Pick: Expo Router

Expo Router earns my pick for its incredible potential in both the web and native space. It's the first framework to leverage React's full power to operate across all platforms, making React a true platform-agnostic renderer. Its file-based architecture makes it simpler for web developers to adapt to native platforms, speeding up development, and reducing the time to ship across all devices.
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

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Video Creators

While Fireship was surpisingly low in the rankings last year, the popular YouTuber now tops the video creator podium, ahead of Theo and The Primeagen.

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1,475
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1,171
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1,164
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808
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783
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642
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478
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361
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ByteGrad

232
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19

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5,374
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Which programming-related video creators do you follow (on YouTube, Twitch, etc.)?

People

With a huge climb from 17 to 5, shadcn is doing their best to match their own library's popularity!

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2,748
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1,954
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1,773
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1,643
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1,446
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1,417
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1,385
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1,289
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1,189
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1,057
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1,038
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1,023
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953
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919
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710
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517
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466
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393
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333
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5,440
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Which individuals do you read, follow, or just want to highlight in the JavaScript community?

Other Surveys

While it's no surprise that many respondents also take the State of JavaScript survey, it's worth noting that a majority also fill out the State of CSS, indicating that the JS/CSS divide may not be as big as we often make it to be.

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State of JavaScript

3,741
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State of CSS

2,668
3

State of HTML

1,770
4

Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey

958
5

JetBrains State of Developer Ecosystem

380
6

State of React Native

318
7

State of GraphQL

268
8

Design Tools Survey

61
9

Postman State of the API Report

52
10

CodinGame Developer Survey

26
11

🚫 None

1,015
12

Other Answers

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% of question respondents
5,142
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Which other developer surveys do you participate in?

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