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Ruby on Rails v. Django (trends.google.com)
2 points by VictorHo 5829 days ago
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This is interesting enough data, but it doesn't really prove anything. As you can see, the turn "django" was at the 1.0 mark before it even really started, so you have to take that into account when looking at the numbers.

Even with that correction, it does seem to put Django in a slight lead, but it also shows that it has had a much steadier growth (assuming jazz references would have stayed steady and all new growth is related to the framework).

That's a good point. Here is the California only version, which is a bit cleaner:

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=ruby+on+rails,+django&...

Anyone else notice that all the news links which appeared on that page were for Django terms which had nothing to do with the framework. Ruby on Rails is a solid search term, Django is a bit vague it seems.