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Lisp

No mentions of Lisp in August 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · August 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
3mentions · May 2014
First Seen
June 2012
Month Momentum
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
77since June 2012 · 176 months
-100% YoY2025 vs 2024
11
PEAK
'15
4
'16
10
'17
4
'18
3
'19
2
'20
6
'21
6
'22
5
'23
2
'24
0
'25
0
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
77176 mo
↑ Best year
201511
↓ Quietest full year
20250
Latest full year
2025-100% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Lisp jobs pay

Compensation

Too few Lisp posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Lisp is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Lisp posts by where the role is based.

No regional breakdown available for Lisp this month.

Remote Policy

No remote-policy classification available.

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Lisp

By Seniority
Roles by level

No seniority breakdown available for Lisp this month.

By Function
Roles by function

No role-function breakdown available for Lisp this month.

§ 05Technical Skills

Clojure is the skill most co-mentioned with Lisp.

#01
Signature Stack
Lisp’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Lisp over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Prolog
1093.1×
Datomic
1093.1×
Clojure
144.9×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Clojure1142%
02Go1038%
03Linux (non-WSL)935%
04Make935%
05Prolog935%
06UX/UI935%
07CUDA831%
08Haskell831%
09OCaml831%
10Rust831%
11Python415%
12C++312%
13TypeScript312%
14C28%
15Datomic28%

% of Lisp jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Lisp stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0143-2.3%
10.0%
02380.0%
8.8%
0311-48%
2.6%
0410-29%
2.3%
0510+67%
2.3%
068+60%
1.9%
077+17%
1.6%
086+50%
1.4%
0930.0%
0.7%
103-77%
0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.