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by dudisubekti 537 days ago
There's also the TIOBE index: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ruby/

It conveys similar trend to Google Search chart
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wiseowise 537 days ago
Because it uses same metrics.

If you want to see real usage statistics you need to consult GitHub, JetBrains, RedMonk ratings.

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dudisubekti 537 days ago
Okay:

https://octoverse.github.com/2022/top-programming-languages

Ruby took a nosedive from 5th "top used" programming language in 2016 to 10th in 2022

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viraptor 537 days ago
Those are relative positions. We can't talk about a "nosedive" from that. It may be the case, but also maybe Ruby was just the slowest growing out of a number of languages growing in popularity. We don't have enough data from there.
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dudisubekti 537 days ago
> since ruby is a language that is less and less used by many programmers

But this statement from thread starter is about Ruby's relative position.

If Ruby's rank in top-used language ranking drops, then we can say that the language is less used by programmers in the survey pool.

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viraptor 536 days ago
> thread starter is about Ruby's relative position.

I guess we disagree on that part.

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