Is Rust popular enough?

Is Rust popular enough to get contributors and employees? Is Rust popular enough to base my next project or product on it?

This article is Part 2 in a 7-Part Series.

• Part 1 - Should I use Rust?
• Part 2 - This Article
• Part 3 - Is Rust safe?
• Part 4 - Is Rust fast?
• Part 5 - Is Rust difficult to learn?
• Part 6 - Trivial example of safety in Rust
• Part 7 - Getting started with Rust

I know many engineers who already love Rust, and many others who don’t and are excited to get an opportunity to learn and use Rust. This short video looks for something a little less anecdotal, though not scientific, to convince us that Rust is gaining enough popularity to base a new project on it.

Here are some of the highlights:

• Rust has over 8,000 contributers, publishing a new version every six weeks
• Rust’s platinum sponsors include several of the world’s biggest companies
• Rust is the top language for Web Assembly
• Rust is heading into the Linux kernel, which never even used C++
• Rust is already in the Windows kernel
• Rust is heavily used in Android
• sudo is being rewritten in Rust
• Chromium will support third-party Rust libraries
• Most loved language by programmers seven years in a row

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This article is Part 2 in a 7-Part Series.

• Part 1 - Should I use Rust?
• Part 2 - This Article
• Part 3 - Is Rust safe?
• Part 4 - Is Rust fast?
• Part 5 - Is Rust difficult to learn?
• Part 6 - Trivial example of safety in Rust
• Part 7 - Getting started with Rust