[jakegmaths]

Your query for Java will include all instances of JavaScript as well, so you're over representing Java.

[smarnach]

Similarly, the Rust query will include "trust", "antitrust", "frustration" and a bunch of other words

[sph]

A guerilla marketing plan for a new language is to call it a common one word syllable, so that it appears much more prominent than it really is on badly-done popularity contests.

Call it "Go", for example.

(Necessary disclaimer for the irony-impaired: this is a joke and an attempt at being witty.)

[matsemann]

Reminded me about Scunthorpe problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

[brian-armstrong]

Amusingly, the chart shows Rust's popularity starting from before its release. The rust hype crowd is so exuberant, they began before the language even existed!

[Matumio]

Now if we only could disambiguate words based on context. But you'd need a good language model for that, and we don't... wait.

[jasonthorsness]

Ah right… maybe even more unexpected then to see a decline

[cs02rm0]

I'm not so sure, while Java's never looked better to me, it does "feel" to me to be in significant decline in terms of what people are asking for on LinkedIn.

I'd imagine these days typescript or node might be taking over some of what would have hit on javascript.

[smcin]

a) Does your query for 'JS' return instances of 'JSON'?

b) The ultimate hard search topic for is 'R' / 'R language'. Check if you think you index it corectly. Or related terms like RStudio, Posit, [R]Shiny, tidyverse, data.table, Hadleyverse...