This is a question I usually ask too when I see those used in articles to evaluate a tech's popularity, but for the first time (afaik), it has been addressed in

This is a question I usually ask too when I see those used in articles to evaluate a tech's popularity, but for the first time (afaik), it has been addressed in this article, in the section "Do question visits tell a different story?". Spoiler: they do not.