Obsidian is made by a great team, which is the same team that made Dynalist. And their current CEO, kepano, was a community member and plugin developer since 20

Obsidian is made by a great team, which is the same team that made Dynalist. And their current CEO, kepano, was a community member and plugin developer since 2020 before becoming the CEO in 2023, so he knows what the community wants. And the actual popularity of the app is probably significantly boosted by all of the productivity YouTubers who talk about Zettelkasten lol