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https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=flutter%2Creact-native
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WAyeU24_jd7jiAPffM8sm293BGwavP8RFvbqoQKbFmM/edit?usp=sharing
2025 (2025, +49,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/
- Popularity: Dart 5.9% (all) / 6.1% (prof), Flutter/RN not listed separately in "Other frameworks" section this year
- Note: 2025 survey restructured technology categories; direct Flutter vs React Native comparison not available in same format
2024 (july 2024, +65,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/
- Popularity: Flutter 9.40%, React Native 8.40%
- Desired: Flutter 12.40%, React Native 11.70%
- Admired: Flutter 60.60%, React Native 56.50%
2023 (june 2023, +90,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/
- Popularity: Flutter 9.12%, React Native 8.43%
- Desired: Flutter 14.04%, React Native 11.81%
- Admired: Flutter 64.43%, React Native 54.00%
2022 (june 2022, +70,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/
- Popularity: Flutter 12.64%, React Native 12.57%
- Loved: Flutter 68.03%, React Native 55.98%
- Want: Flutter 13.52%, React Native 13.05%
2021 (august 2021, +80,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021
- Popularity: React Native 14.51%, Flutter 13.55%
- Loved: Flutter 68.17%, React Native 58.08%
- Want: React Native 17.75%, Flutter 16.43%
2020 (february 2020, 65,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020
- Popularity: React Native 11.5%, Flutter 7.2%
- Loved: Flutter 68.8%, React Native 57.9%
- Wanted: React Native 14.0%, Flutter 10.7%
2019 (january 2019, +90,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019
- Popularity: React Native 10.5%, Flutter 3.4%
- Loved: Flutter 75.4%, React Native 62.5%
- Wanted: React Native 13.1%, Flutter 6.7%
2025 (october 2025, 24,534 developers): https://devecosystem-2025.jetbrains.com/tools-and-trends
- Note: 2025 survey restructured; mobile framework breakdown not published in same format
2024 (december 2024, 23,262 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2024/
- Note: Mobile framework specific percentages not published separately in 2024
2023 (20 november 2023, 26,348 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/development/#mobile
- Flutter: 46% use
- React Native: 35% use
2022 (17 january 2023, 29,269 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/miscellaneous/
- Flutter: 46% use
- React Native: 32% use
2021 (16 july 2021, 31,743 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/miscellaneous/
- Flutter: 42% use
- React Native: 38% use
2020 (11 june 2020, 19,696 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2020/
- React Native: 42% use
- Flutter: 39% use
2019 (11 june 2019, 7,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/
- React Native: 42% use
- Flutter: 30% use
2026/03/13:
- Flutter: 71,618 repositories https://github.com/topics/flutter
- React Native: ~53,000 repositories https://github.com/topics/react-native
2024/10/28:
- Flutter: 61,050 repositories https://github.com/topics/flutter
- React Native: 48,602 repositories https://github.com/topics/react-native
2023/06/15:
- Flutter: 46,124 repositories https://github.com/topics/flutter
- React Native: 40,942 repositories https://github.com/topics/react-native
2022/06/09:
- Flutter: 33,044 repositories https://github.com/topics/flutter
- React Native: 32,635 repositories https://github.com/topics/react-native
2021/10/21:
- React Native: 28,488 repositories https://github.com/topics/react-native
- Flutter: 25,851 repositories https://github.com/topics/flutter
https://frontpagemetrics.com/r/reactnative#compare=flutterdev
2024/10/28:
- Flutter: 262.4K followers https://twitter.com/FlutterDev
- React Native: 209K followers https://twitter.com/reactnative
2023/06/15:
- Flutter: 234.3K followers https://twitter.com/FlutterDev
- React Native: 178.8K followers https://twitter.com/reactnative
2022/06/09:
- Flutter: 188.5K followers https://twitter.com/FlutterDev
- React Native: 148.0K followers https://twitter.com/reactnative
2021/10/21:
- Flutter: 160.3K followers https://twitter.com/FlutterDev
- React Native: 124.3K followers https://twitter.com/reactnative
https://www.hntrends.com/2025/may.html?compare=React+Native&compare=Flutter
2023/06/15:
- US
- React Native: 290 jobs https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20react%20native
- Flutter: 38 jobs https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20flutter
- Paris, France
- React Native: 89 jobs https://fr.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=Paris
- Flutter: 14 jobs https://fr.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20Flutter&l=Paris
- London, UK
- React Native: 43 jobs https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=London
- Flutter: 5 jobs https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20Flutter&l=London
- Berlin, Germany
- React Native: 34 jobs https://de.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=Berlin
- Flutter: 27 jobs https://de.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20flutter&l=Berlin
2022/06/22:
- US
- React Native: 951 jobs https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20react%20native
- Flutter: 95 jobs https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20flutter
- Paris, France
- React Native: 104 jobs https://fr.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=Paris
- Flutter: 18 jobs https://fr.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20Flutter&l=Paris
- London, UK
- React Native: 79 jobs https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=London
- Flutter: 6 jobs https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20Flutter&l=London
- Berlin, Germany
- React Native: 62 jobs https://de.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20React%20Native&l=Berlin
- Flutter: 23 jobs https://de.indeed.com/jobs?q=title%3A%20flutter&l=Berlin
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?cat=31&date=today%205-y&q=React%20Native,Flutter
https://star-history.com/#facebook/react-native&flutter/flutter
2026/03/13:
- Flutter: ~175,490 stars https://github.com/flutter/flutter
- React Native: ~125,000 stars https://github.com/facebook/react-native
React Native
- Initial release: 2015/04/26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_Native
- First announcement: 2015/01/29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ-P-ZI6W4 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDsRXj9-cU
- GitHub repository creation: 2015/01/09
- New Architecture fully stable: 2024 (Fabric renderer, TurboModules, Hermes default)
Flutter
- Latest stable: Flutter 3.41 / Dart 3.11 (February 2026)
- Impeller engine: default on iOS (Skia removed), default on Android API 29+
- First beta: 2018/02/27 https://medium.com/flutter/announcing-flutter-beta-1-build-beautiful-native-apps-dc142aea74c0
- Initial release: 2017/05/12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutter_(software)
- First announcement: 2015/04/30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnIWl33YMwA
- GitHub repository creation: 2015/03/06
- US
- React Native: ~6,413 postings
- Flutter: ~1,068 postings
- Source: LinkedIn job search, 2025
- US
- React Native: ~1,990 jobs
- Flutter: ~388 jobs
- Source: Indeed job search, 2025
- Lynx (ByteDance): open-sourced March 2025, dual-thread JS/TS runtime, claims 2.5x faster startup than React Native. ~14K GitHub stars. Used in TikTok. https://github.com/nicklockwood/lynx
- Valdi (Snapchat): open-sourced November 2025, compiles TSX to native views directly. Beta stage.
- Kotlin Multiplatform (Compose): iOS stable reached 2025, gaining enterprise traction