Choose? I'd argue no. But inform your choice? Sure. Looking at trends can help you: - See how easy hiring people will be in the future. - See the likelihood

Choose? I'd argue no. But inform your choice? Sure. Looking at trends can help you: - See how easy hiring people will be in the future. - See the likelihood that your chosen framework will lose support. - See the likelihood of third party support/addons/libraries/etc. - How easy it will be to find help/tutorials/guides/etc. But looking at it, to me, seems prudent.