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I find that it is a good proxy for how much each language is being used.

You may want to also consider other data points like the annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey [0]. Again, it's not necessarily the perfect stat reflecting actual real-world language use (since it's really more about languages used by visitors to SO), but I'd say it's a pretty decent proxy.

[0]: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology

How do you find that?

It seems clear that the more a language is used, the more a programmer will makes searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense.

It seems clear that the worse the documentation for a language is, the more a programmer will make searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense.

It seems clear that the harder a language is to understand, the more a programmer will make searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense.

It seems clear that [reason somebody would do a search] ...

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