In a speech at the 2016 GraphQL Summit, Lee Byron of GraphQL/Facebook put forward a “Secret Master Plan” outlining his hopes for GraphQL, the growing API standard.

In an ideal world, he said, he hoped that GraphQL adoption would look something like this:

• 1–3 months – Hobbyists and personal projects
• 6 months – Implemented in 3+ languages
• 9–12 months – New startups and small companies
• 1.5–2 years – Medium sized companies and products
• 2 years – Implemented in 10+ languages (actually took ~3 months)
• 2–4 years – Large companies and tech giants
• 4–5 years – Ubiquity!