I glanced at the Laravel calendar and there's no one. In the past, all slots would fill up and even a second calendar would be created.
https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2025/laravel
Other topics besides Laravel aren't gathering many participants either, so this confirms that Qiita itself is in decline.
Companies that only see it as a promotional platform came in and drove away the original users, and it's been several years in that state.
Such a bizarre sight where participants only gather in these sponsor calendars and company calendars.
https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2025/categories/sponsor
https://qiita.com/advent-calendar/2025/ranking/feedbacks/categories/company
I've rarely seen a case where people who can run blogs on their own domains have left to this extent, despite having bothered to write articles on someone else's service.
I used to participate in various calendars myself, but I deleted my account, so there are gaps in the calendars.
Laravel was running an official Advent Calendar project.
https://laravel.com/advent