[hu3]

Other than my own experience, I've seen some data that led me to believe that Go is more pervasive than I previously perceived:

    Go started out with a share of 8% in 2017 and now it has reached 18%.
    In addition, the biggest number of developers (13%) chose
    Go as a language they would like to adopt or migrate to.

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/

Regardless of variance, I wouldn't call 18% tiny. Specially given the trend:

https://jaxenter.com/go-number-one-for-2019-hackerrank-repor...

[the_mitsuhiko]

The same survey claims that Go is more popular than C. I would be interested to know how well the Jetbrains user base represents the overall developer community.

[hu3]

> The same survey claims that Go is more popular than C

None of the two surveys claim that. Feel free to point out where it does.

[the_mitsuhiko]

From the jetbrains link you posted. 18% used Go last year, 17% used C.

[hu3]

Ok so your definition of popular is usage in the last 12 months in this case. And by 1%.

C is a niche low level language. Doesn't surprise me that a higher level language is used more often.