Christoph Neumann, Peter Strömberg, and Nate Jones discuss the results of the 2025 State of Clojure Community survey.
The results for the 2025 State of Clojure Community survey are in, and Christoph Neumann (Clojure Developer Advocate) sits down with Peter "PEZ" Strömberg (Calva) and Nate Jones (Functional Design in Clojure podcast) to talk about the results.
They discuss where Clojure is being used around the world, what’s surprising about that, and what that says about how functional programming spreads. They dig into the experience level of the community, who Clojure attracts, how Clojure fits in with other languages, and just how much some developers love Clojure. They finish with what really matters in the Clojure community.
Full results: clojure.org/news/2026/02/18/state-of-clojure-2025
Calva: calva.io/
Functional Design in Clojure: clojuredesign.club/
Introduction
Clojure around the world
Scandinavian adoption
Functional trends in Europe
Professional experience
The value of experience
New users and agency
Mix of languages
Clojure's influence
Developer satisfaction
Personal stories
Tooling and Calva
LSP and cross-editor tools
Community appreciation
Final thoughts
Why it's here
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2025 Clojure Survey: Insights, Surprises, and What Really Matters
The results for the 2025 State of Clojure Community survey are in, and Christoph Neumann (Clojure Developer Advocate) sits down with Peter "PEZ" Strömberg (Calva) and Nate Jones (Functional Design in Clojure podcast) to talk about the results.
They discuss where Clojure is being used around the world, what’s surprising about that, and what that says about how functional programming spreads. They dig into the experience level of the community, who Clojure attracts, how Clojure fits in with other languages, and just how much some developers love Clojure. They finish with what really matters in the Clojure community.
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