How is D doing?

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 22/12/15 4:30 PM, ShinraTensei wrote:
> I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to
> jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is
> actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.
> So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i do like D the most,
> since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i don't like Java.
> Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more modern
> so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
> I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing programs for
> my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

D is most certainly not a dead language.
We grow fairly slowly, but we are most certainly growing.

We play the long game, slow but steady.