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Take a look at the trend line and React still has a long ways to go to catch Angular:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=reactjs%2C%20angular...

Having stated that I am trying to get up to speed on React in order to make a knowledgeable comparison to Angular 2. I've got friends who are way better JavaScript programmers than I am, ones with VC backed startups built with Angular 1, who are really struggling to learn Angular 2.

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Is that trend line really an indication of Angular's popularity relative to React?

It took a few weeks to get decent with Angular, over a month to get productive with Ember, and about a few days to figure out React.

That trend line might be more indicative of Stack Overflow searches.

Interesting. Looks what happens when you add jQuery:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=reactjs%2C%20angular...

I could imagine that people omit the 'jquery' keyword nowadays because it's implied.

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