Yep, you're right: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.c

Yep, you're right: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MA... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP My guess is that: 1. China blocks Google 2. Technical users in China use VPN to circumvent said block, while non-technical users switch to something else 3. Technical users search for programming language terms a lot 4. Thus the normalized ratio of (programming language search queries) / (total search queries) is a lot higher in China compared to other countries where Google isn't blocked