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According to Google search traffic, React is 10x popular: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11c0vmgx5d,%2Fm%2F012l1vxv,

According to Google search traffic, React is 10x popular: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11c0vmgx5d,%2Fm%2F012l1vxv,%2Fm%2F0j45p7w https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... According to NPM download stats, React is 6x larger: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react https://www.npmjs.com/package/react https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue For Vue to catch up to the number of React stars would mean that their rate of starring is significantly higher. I wonder if rate of new Github stars are a leading indicator of future popularity increases? Probably? Would be interesting if someone could study that. Weird thing, commits to Vue are decreasing over time and are mainly done by a single individual - I've never seen that pattern in a popular library: https://github.com/vuejs/vue/graphs/contributors https://github.com/vuejs/vue/graphs/contributors While commits to React are regular and come from a much wider base of contributors: https://github.com/facebook/react/graphs/contributors https://github.com/facebook/react/graphs/contributors The writing is clearly on the wall (or the stars are on github), Vue is definitely going to overtake React usage in the long run unless another new library appears or React changes significantly.

mygo 8y ago
> Weird thing, commits to Vue are decreasing over time and are mainly done by a single individual The Sistine Chapel was mainly painted by a single individual. (for the record, Michelangelo had apprentices to help him mix plaster, etc. But he phased them out when it came to painting. Traditionally master painters had apprentices which would paint with them, but he would rather avoid the differences in opinion and arguments while painting the chapel. He had the vision and the skill. I think that’s the case here as well. Not saying Evan is Michaelangelo, but he does have a good vision with his product and the skill to execute on it.)
- stevev 8y ago
  Exactly, the dude has a background in arts and design. Something that I truly believe helped shaped vue.js to what it is.
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kikki 8y ago
> Weird thing, commits to Vue are decreasing over time and are mainly done by a single individual https://www.patreon.com/evanyou https://www.patreon.com/evanyou - It's his full time job, he's making over $15k a month on Vue, everyone else is just an open source contributor.
- hermanradtke 8y ago
  For better or worse this does not scale with how Facebook is supporting React
throwaway0255 8y ago
Comparisons in Google Trends are extremely easy to manipulate (or just interpret wrong). The ".js" you added to Vue is killing its results, and the generic term "react" is propping that one up. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=vuejs,reactjs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... or how about https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=vue.js,react.js https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Maybe alexa matters? https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vuejs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vuejs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reactjs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reactjs.org Or maybe one community uses their respective primary domain more than the other for one reason or another. React also has more than 4x as many dependent packages in npm, which could be propping up its install count.
- threatofrain 8y ago
  If you look further in Alexa by country I believe it says that React's rank is higher than Vue's site, but that in China Vue is insanely hot.
- bastawhiz 8y ago
  > React also has more than 4x as many dependent packages in npm, which could be propping up its install count. I don't think this would do anything. If you have three packages that depend on React, you still only install it once. If anything, the number of packages that depend on React is an indication of its popularity.
- bhouston 8y ago
  > Comparisons in Google Trends are extremely easy to manipulate (or just interpret wrong). The ".js" you added to Vue is killing its results, and the generic term "react" is propping that one up. The search I linked to is not a keyword search but rather extracted topics. Your criticism is just based on misunderstanding how Google trends work. Not saying it is accurate but in both of your "corrections" to my link you are getting less accurate Google Trend results.
  - philliphaydon 8y ago
aylmao 8y ago
> For Vue to catch up to the number of React stars would mean that their rate of starring is significantly higher. That's pretty interesting actually, and presumably means a lot of people find Vue interesting, yet it's not as widely adopted as React. > The writing is clearly on the wall (or the stars are on github), Vue is definitely going to overtake React usage in the long run unless another new library appears or React changes significantly. I mean, that is if React usage slows down and Vue's continues to grow. I didn't draw that conclusion from the links you provided (but I didn't conclude otherwise either). Edit: a downvote with no reply? Why the downvote? Did I say something that's wrong?

mygo 8y ago

> Weird thing, commits to Vue are decreasing over time and are mainly done by a single individual The Sistine Chapel was mainly painted by a single individual. (for the record, Michelangelo had apprentices to help him mix plaster, etc. But he phased them out when it came to painting. Traditionally master painters had apprentices which would paint with them, but he would rather avoid the differences in opinion and arguments while painting the chapel. He had the vision and the skill. I think that’s the case here as well. Not saying Evan is Michaelangelo, but he does have a good vision with his product and the skill to execute on it.)

stevev 8y ago
Exactly, the dude has a background in arts and design. Something that I truly believe helped shaped vue.js to what it is.
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kikki 8y ago

> Weird thing, commits to Vue are decreasing over time and are mainly done by a single individual https://www.patreon.com/evanyou https://www.patreon.com/evanyou - It's his full time job, he's making over $15k a month on Vue, everyone else is just an open source contributor.

hermanradtke 8y ago
For better or worse this does not scale with how Facebook is supporting React

throwaway0255 8y ago

Comparisons in Google Trends are extremely easy to manipulate (or just interpret wrong). The ".js" you added to Vue is killing its results, and the generic term "react" is propping that one up. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=vuejs,reactjs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... or how about https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=vue.js,react.js https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Maybe alexa matters? https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vuejs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vuejs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reactjs.org https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reactjs.org Or maybe one community uses their respective primary domain more than the other for one reason or another. React also has more than 4x as many dependent packages in npm, which could be propping up its install count.

threatofrain 8y ago
If you look further in Alexa by country I believe it says that React's rank is higher than Vue's site, but that in China Vue is insanely hot.
bastawhiz 8y ago
> React also has more than 4x as many dependent packages in npm, which could be propping up its install count. I don't think this would do anything. If you have three packages that depend on React, you still only install it once. If anything, the number of packages that depend on React is an indication of its popularity.
bhouston 8y ago
> Comparisons in Google Trends are extremely easy to manipulate (or just interpret wrong). The ".js" you added to Vue is killing its results, and the generic term "react" is propping that one up. The search I linked to is not a keyword search but rather extracted topics. Your criticism is just based on misunderstanding how Google trends work. Not saying it is accurate but in both of your "corrections" to my link you are getting less accurate Google Trend results.
- philliphaydon 8y ago

aylmao 8y ago

> For Vue to catch up to the number of React stars would mean that their rate of starring is significantly higher. That's pretty interesting actually, and presumably means a lot of people find Vue interesting, yet it's not as widely adopted as React. > The writing is clearly on the wall (or the stars are on github), Vue is definitely going to overtake React usage in the long run unless another new library appears or React changes significantly. I mean, that is if React usage slows down and Vue's continues to grow. I didn't draw that conclusion from the links you provided (but I didn't conclude otherwise either). Edit: a downvote with no reply? Why the downvote? Did I say something that's wrong?