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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

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
  You typed vue.js so technically your results are less accurate. :/ Regardless of the fact Google trends is not even an accurate way to gauge usage of vue or react to begin with.
  - bhouston 8y ago
    Vue.js category that I used is the official Google aggregate category. You do not understand how Google Trends work. There are keywords you can use or you can pick Google aggregate categories. I pick the aggregate category, which generally should be the most accurate. I am not responding to any more because it seems that people refuse to understand it.
    - Isinlor 8y ago
      Quite likely Google is underrating Vue, because Vue has heavy presence in China and Google does not.
    - philliphaydon 8y ago
      Sounds like you’re upset vue is more popular than you wished.
aylmao 8y ago
I think it's interesting that much like on the global trends on Google [1], Alexa surfaces that Vue seems to have some traction in China: Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country China 59.1% 631 United States 8.7% 7,245 Japan 3.7% 6,109 Iran 2.8% 2,373 India 2.2% 8,422 Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country United States 33.3% 3,312 China 9.8% 6,694 India 8.5% 4,016 Japan 4.9% 7,585 Iran 3.6% 2,632 The top Sites linking into React (according to those Alexa links): upenn.edu (US) hateblo.jp (Japan) facebook.github.io (US) yiibai.com (China) infoq.com (China) And to Vue: sina.com.cn (China) csdn.net (China) wikia.com (US) cnblogs.com (China) blog.jp (Japan) [1]: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=vuejs,reactjs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...
- bhouston 8y ago
  My experience with Alexa incoming links is really inaccurate. The numbers are fairly decent for popularity though.
earenndil 8y ago
Similarly to number of stackoverflow questions not being a valid gauge for popularity, I don't think that this is necessarily representative of popularity. What if react is simply more mature and doesn't need to market itself as much, so more people are using it than need to find out about it?

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
You typed vue.js so technically your results are less accurate. :/ Regardless of the fact Google trends is not even an accurate way to gauge usage of vue or react to begin with.
- bhouston 8y ago
  Vue.js category that I used is the official Google aggregate category. You do not understand how Google Trends work. There are keywords you can use or you can pick Google aggregate categories. I pick the aggregate category, which generally should be the most accurate. I am not responding to any more because it seems that people refuse to understand it.
  - Isinlor 8y ago
    Quite likely Google is underrating Vue, because Vue has heavy presence in China and Google does not.
  - philliphaydon 8y ago
    Sounds like you’re upset vue is more popular than you wished.

aylmao 8y ago

I think it's interesting that much like on the global trends on Google [1], Alexa surfaces that Vue seems to have some traction in China: Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country China 59.1% 631 United States 8.7% 7,245 Japan 3.7% 6,109 Iran 2.8% 2,373 India 2.2% 8,422 Country Percent of Visitors Rank in Country United States 33.3% 3,312 China 9.8% 6,694 India 8.5% 4,016 Japan 4.9% 7,585 Iran 3.6% 2,632 The top Sites linking into React (according to those Alexa links): upenn.edu (US) hateblo.jp (Japan) facebook.github.io (US) yiibai.com (China) infoq.com (China) And to Vue: sina.com.cn (China) csdn.net (China) wikia.com (US) cnblogs.com (China) blog.jp (Japan) [1]: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=vuejs,reactjs https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=...

bhouston 8y ago
My experience with Alexa incoming links is really inaccurate. The numbers are fairly decent for popularity though.

earenndil 8y ago

Similarly to number of stackoverflow questions not being a valid gauge for popularity, I don't think that this is necessarily representative of popularity. What if react is simply more mature and doesn't need to market itself as much, so more people are using it than need to find out about it?