13 Comments to "Google Trends – Ruby vs Python"

1. Seo Sanghyeon wrote:

   This is far more interesting:
   http://google.com/trends?q=zope%2C+%22ruby+on+rails%22

   Link | May 10th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

2. Jason Huggins wrote:

   Seo, yeah, I did that search, too. But never fear, when you add “java” to the mix, the race is pretty tight between zope and rails. ;-)

   http://google.com/trends?q=zope%2C+ruby+on+rails%2C+java&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   Also, maybe I should move to France:
   http://google.com/trends?q=zope%2C+ruby+on+rails&ctab=0&date=2006&geo=FR

   Link | May 10th, 2006 at 9:25 pm

3. ur daddy wrote:

   funny, ruby on rails seems to be more popular than all of python…

   http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+programming%2C+ruby+on+rails&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   Link | May 10th, 2006 at 10:13 pm

4. Jason Huggins wrote:

   ur daddy,
   I see your ruby on rails, and raise you java:
   http://www.google.com/trends?q=python+programming%2C+ruby+on+rails%2C+java&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   Link | May 10th, 2006 at 10:24 pm

5. Software is too expensive to build cheaply... wrote:

   Google Trends

   Well, I saw this article showing how Ruby was trending in popularity to Python. Then, with the aid of some co-workers, it got morphed into this Food for thought…

   Link | May 11th, 2006 at 12:14 am

6. WileECoyote wrote:

   I think python users are smug bastards for “bashing” on ruby, why don’t you compare your language to something the same age and popularity, like:

   http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl+programming%2C+python+programming&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   Paints a different picture eh? Or if you want a real challenge, try:

   http://www.google.com/trends?q=c+programming%2C+python+programming&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   It’s exactly the same situation, doesn’t tell you much.

   Link | May 11th, 2006 at 1:33 am

7. Andrew Smith wrote:

   @Jason Huggins, funny ruby on rails looks like smooth line that’s being stepped on to me.
   http://www.google.com/trends?q=python%2C+ruby+on+rails&ctab=0&date=all&geo=all

   Link | May 11th, 2006 at 2:04 am

8. Andrew Smith wrote:

   Whoops, last comment was for ur daddy, not Jason Huggins

   Link | May 11th, 2006 at 2:05 am

9. Bjorn Stabell wrote:

   The query is bogus. Both Python and Ruby have too many fake hits.

   For example, “python” (or pyton) is a commonly used in Norwegian slang to mean crap, like something that makes you want to puke.

   But it’s clear that the Ruby has a lot of steam and a lot of hype now.

   Comparing Zope and “Ruby on Rails” is going to be more accurate (more globally unique), and more interesting as well (given that web application development is so important) as someone else mentioned.

   Link | May 11th, 2006 at 2:22 am

10. Jason Huggins wrote:

    Bjron,

    You’re right about the query being bogus for simply “python” or “ruby”. That’s why I added ” programming” to my original search. I noticed the same thing when I did my post of comparing search results for Python web frameworks. (http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/?p=24). A search for “Python” and “aquarium” was very high on the list, but looking at the results, most had nothing to do with programming. Not accounting for false hits, plus adding search terms that are orders of magnitude more popular (like “java”) than the other terms is the 21-st century way to “lie with statistics”.

    Link | May 11th, 2006 at 8:36 am

11. Ben Griffiths’ weblog » Blog Archive » Ruby on rails popularity wrote:

    [...] ls. What with a recent endorsement from Martin Fowler and this graph – spotted on Jason Huggins’ blog – it seems that ruby and rails are truly gaining the popularity they [...]

    Link | May 11th, 2006 at 11:16 am

12. Paulo Eduardo Neves wrote:

    Funny, It looks like your site is really popular. I’ve tried to click in your link and got a 403 error and this message:

    We're sorry...
    
    ... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
    
    We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.
    
    We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.
    

    Link | May 11th, 2006 at 5:36 pm

13. bret wrote:

    if we want apples to apples, we should be comparing frameworks to frameworks. ruby on rails vs. zope vs. j2ee.

    http://google.com/trends?q=zope%2C+ruby+on+rails%2C+j2ee&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

    Link | May 18th, 2006 at 9:22 am