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Are those SO popularity comparison numbers real? If they are, I feel they were somehow artificially inflated. I have nothing against Flutter, but I don't think

Are those SO popularity comparison numbers real? If they are, I feel they were somehow artificially inflated. I have nothing against Flutter, but I don't think at this point it's as widely used as Xamarin and React Native. For Angular numbers should be even higher.

pier25 8y ago
No idea. Where did they get those? Flutter doesn't appear in SO Trends https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends
MarkMc 8y ago
I don't know where they got those numbers. This graph seems more realistic to me [edit: maybe not - see subcomments]: http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=[ionic-framework,react-native,flutter,xamarin]&relative=true http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=[ionic-framework,react-native,f... That is, Flutter is shooting up and overtaking Xamarin but still only half the popularity of React Native. This also roughly correlates with mentions on Google Trends: https://g.co/trends/y9Z8q https://g.co/trends/y9Z8q On job websites React Native is way ahead - which you would expect given React Native's headstart. For example, www.jobstreet.co.id currently has 43 jobs for "React Native" but only 5 for "Flutter".
- timsneath 8y ago
  Hi there, the source for these numbers is the StackOverflow API. Just to clarify, the chart we have in the blog is showing question _views_, not questions tagged. There are more questions for other frameworks still (since they're more mature technologies), but we're seeing lots of views of questions tagged with Flutter.
  - MarkMc 8y ago
    Thanks for the clarification. Using 'number of views' would seem to be a valid metric, so now I'm not so sure about which graph is more realistic.
- k__ 8y ago
  Yes, these numbers (GH stars, SO questions, etc.) don't seem to tell much. A few months ago I read that React is way ahead of and still growing much faster than Vue, but people nevertheless hype it based on its GH stars.

pier25 8y ago

No idea. Where did they get those? Flutter doesn't appear in SO Trends https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends

MarkMc 8y ago

I don't know where they got those numbers. This graph seems more realistic to me [edit: maybe not - see subcomments]: http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=[ionic-framework,react-native,flutter,xamarin]&relative=true http://sotagtrends.com/?tags=[ionic-framework,react-native,f... That is, Flutter is shooting up and overtaking Xamarin but still only half the popularity of React Native. This also roughly correlates with mentions on Google Trends: https://g.co/trends/y9Z8q https://g.co/trends/y9Z8q On job websites React Native is way ahead - which you would expect given React Native's headstart. For example, www.jobstreet.co.id currently has 43 jobs for "React Native" but only 5 for "Flutter".

timsneath 8y ago
Hi there, the source for these numbers is the StackOverflow API. Just to clarify, the chart we have in the blog is showing question _views_, not questions tagged. There are more questions for other frameworks still (since they're more mature technologies), but we're seeing lots of views of questions tagged with Flutter.
- MarkMc 8y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. Using 'number of views' would seem to be a valid metric, so now I'm not so sure about which graph is more realistic.
k__ 8y ago
Yes, these numbers (GH stars, SO questions, etc.) don't seem to tell much. A few months ago I read that React is way ahead of and still growing much faster than Vue, but people nevertheless hype it based on its GH stars.