Most-watched Rust talks of 2025 (so far)

Hello r/rust! As part of Tech Talks Weekly, I've put together a list of the most-watched Rust talks of 2025 so far and thought I'd cross-post it in this subreddit, so here they are!

I must admit I generated the summaries with LLMs, but they're actually nice, so I hope you like them!

1. The Future of Rust Web Applications — Greg Johnston — 80k views

Rust web frameworks (Leptos, Dioxus, etc.) are actually catching up to React/Next.js in ergonomics. Covers how close Rust is to full-stack parity — bundle splitting, SSR, and hot reload included.

2. Microsoft is Getting Rusty — Mark Russinovich — 42k views

Azure’s CTO breaks down what it’s like to “Rustify” a company the size of Microsoft. Less marketing, more lessons learned.

3. Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, and AI — Armin Ronacher — 27k views

Flask’s creator compares languages, argues Rust is not for early-stage startups, and explains how AI tooling changes everything.

4. 10 Years of Redox OS and Rust — Jeremy Soller — 21k views

A decade of writing an OS in Rust — and what that’s taught us about language maturity, tooling, and reality vs. hype.

5. Rust is the Language of the AGI — Michael Yuan — 12k views

LLMs struggle to generate correct Rust. This talk shows how the open-source Rust Coder project is teaching AI to code valid Rust end-to-end.

6. Cancelling Async Rust — Rain (Oxide) — 9k views

Async Rust’s cancellation semantics are both its superpower and its curse. Rain dives deep into practical mitigation patterns.

7. C++/Rust Interop: A Practical Guide — Tyler Weaver (CppCon) — 8k views

Bridging Cargo and CMake without losing your mind. Concrete interop examples and pitfalls from someone who’s done both worlds.

8. Parallel Programming in Rust — Evgenii Seliverstov — 8k views

Fearless concurrency is nice, but parallelism is the real speed boost. Covers SIMD, data parallelism, and GPU directions in Rust.

9. High-Level Rust and the Future of App Development — Jonathan Kelley (Dioxus) — 8k views

Rust has “won” systems programming — but can it win high-level dev? Deep dive into hot reloading, bundling, and Dioxus internals.

10. Five Years of Rust in Python — David Hewitt (PyO3) — 5k views

The state of Rust/Python interop, proc macros, and the weird art of FFI ergonomics.

11. Rust vs C++ Beyond Safety — Joseph Cordell (ACCU) — 5k views

A C++ dev looks at Rust without the religion. Detailed feature-by-feature comparisons beyond the “memory safety” meme.

12. Building Extensions in Rust with WebAssembly Components — Alexandru Radovici — 5k views

Rust’s ABI limitations meet their match with WebAssembly components. Great insights for plugin or extension authors.

13. From Blue Screens to Orange Crabs — Mark Russinovich (RustConf Keynote) — 4k views

Opening keynote on Microsoft’s Rustification — history, friction points, and internal adoption lessons.

14. MiniRust: A Core Language for Specifying Rust — Ralf Jung — 4k views

Ralf Jung (of Miri fame) proposes a formal, executable spec for Rust. The closest thing we’ve got to “RustLang ISO.”

Let me know what you think and if there are any talks missing from the list.

Enjoy!