[notatoad]

switching those from "search terms" to "topics" tells a different story

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...

(and if you keep it to search terms but swap "visual studio code" for "vscode" you see a simialar rise)

[nimz]

The topics aren't perfect either, unfortunately. For example, Sublime Text, as we know it, was first released in 2008 while the topic trends data you linked shows it being the leader in 2004.