It's more than that.

JavaScript is so ubiquitous for any sort of web programming that it's often not even mentioned in job reqs or courses. Instead of JS, its often Node, React, Angular, or other JS-based stacks that are the focus. If an poll were to be taken of what languages HN (or Reddit or Slashdot or Yahoo or Apple...) visitors programmed in, I would be shocked if JS came in 7th place. Heck, even among my friends who work at Apple, JS isn't that far down the frequently used list.

Do you honestly believe that Visual Basic .NET is a more popular language in 2017 than JavaScript is?