Original Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/a5r76w/once_every_23_years_a_new_front_end_framework_wins/ebouw5o

The only chart that shows Vue outperforming others is GitHub stars (1).
All the others charts show the opposite.

## NPM downloads

- https://www.npmtrends.com/react-vs-vue-vs-@angular/core
- https://npm-stat.com/charts.html?package=react&package=vue&package=%40angular%2Fcore&from=2014-12-12&to=2018-12-12

![npm-stat.com](https://i.imgur.com/HZ1Ugud.png)

![npmtrends.com](https://i.imgur.com/d6m9W9b.png)

## NPM packages depending on

- React: 32,331 dependents https://www.npmjs.com/package/react
- Vue: 9,792 dependents https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue
- Angular 2+: 7,555 dependents https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angular/core
- AngularJS: 3,693 dependents https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular

## GitHub topics

- React: 50,517 repositories https://github.com/topics/react
- Vue: 14,624 repositories https://github.com/topics/vue
- Angular: 14,823 repositories https://github.com/topics/angular

## Reddit metrics

http://redditmetrics.com/r/reactjs#compare=vuejs+angular2+angular

![redditmetrics.com](https://i.imgur.com/6LHQGCD.png)

## Stack Overflow trends

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=reactjs%2Cvue.js%2Cangular%2Cangularjs%2Cjquery

![insights.stackoverflow.com](https://i.imgur.com/1CsADqM.png)

## Google trends

- https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?cat=733&date=today%205-y&q=React,Vue,Angular
- https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?cat=31&date=today%205-y&q=React%20javascript,Vue%20javascript,Angular%20javascript

![trends.google.com](https://i.imgur.com/EZGKkuR.png)

## YouTube

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&gprop=youtube&q=React%20javascript,Vue%20javascript,Angular%20javascript

## Twitter

- React: 278K followers https://twitter.com/reactjs
- Vue: 102K followers https://twitter.com/vuejs
- Angular: 304K followers https://twitter.com/angular

(could not find hashtags trends)

## Indeed

- Paris, France
  - React: 567 jobs https://www.indeed.fr/emplois?q=react+javascript&l=Paris
  - Vue: 269 jobs https://www.indeed.fr/emplois?q=vue+javascript&l=Paris
  - Angular: 764 jobs https://www.indeed.fr/emplois?q=angular+javascript&l=Paris
- London, UK
  - React: 1,695 jobs https://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=React+javascript&l=London
  - Vue: 291 jobs https://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=Vue+javascript&l=London
  - Angular: 1,207 jobs https://www.indeed.co.uk/jobs?q=Angular+javascript&l=London
- Berlin, Germany
  - React: 614 jobs https://de.indeed.com/Jobs?q=react+javascript&l=Berlin
  - Vue: 172 jobs https://de.indeed.com/Jobs?q=vue+javascript&l=Berlin
  - Angular: 382 jobs https://de.indeed.com/Jobs?q=angular+javascript&l=Berlin
- Mumbai, India
  - React: 145 jobs https://www.indeed.co.in/jobs?q=react+javascript&l=Mumbai%2C+Maharashtra
  - Vue: 23 jobs https://www.indeed.co.in/jobs?q=vue+javascript&l=Mumbai%2C+Maharashtra
  - Angular: 318 jobs https://www.indeed.co.in/jobs?q=angular+javascript&l=Mumbai%2C+Maharashtra

(could not find worldwide charts)

## stateofjs.com 2018 survey (20,268 developers)

https://2018.stateofjs.com/front-end-frameworks/overview/

- React satisfaction: 90.60% `100-(100/(13062+1355)*1355)` for 14,417 users
- Vue satisfaction: 91.15% `100-(100/(5810+564)*564)` for 6,374 users
- Angular (AngularJS + Angular 2+?) satisfaction: 41.37% `100-(100/(4817+6826)*6826)` for 11,643 users

![2018.stateofjs.com](https://i.imgur.com/MuFomTS.png)

## Stack Overflow 2018 survey (+100,000 developers)

- https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology-frameworks-libraries-and-tools
- https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-frameworks-libraries-and-tools

## JetBrains survey

- 2018 (6,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/research/devecosystem-2018/javascript/
  - React: 60% regularly use
  - Vue: 33% regularly use
  - AngularJS: 21% regularly use
  - Angular 2+: 20% regularly use
- 2017 (5,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/research/devecosystem-2017/javascript/
  - React: 49% regularly use
  - Vue: 20% regularly use
  - AngularJS: 44% regularly use
  - Angular 2+: 22% regularly use

## SimilarTech: market share & web usage statistics

- React: 420,066 websites, 35.4% last month grow, 196,048 unique domains https://www.similartech.com/technologies/react-js
- Vue: 54,881 websites, 14.1% last month grow, 40,033 unique domains https://www.similartech.com/technologies/vuejs
- AngularJS: 325,339 websites, 7.15% last month grow, 171,570 unique domains https://www.similartech.com/technologies/angular-js

## httparchive.org JavaScript Library Detection

- https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/javascript-library-detection/955
- https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/javascript-library-detection/955/17

 

If someone has other charts, please share.

 

## Some dates

- AngularJS
  - First announcement: 2010/10/20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngularJS
  - GitHub repository creation: 2010/01/06
- React
  - First announcement: 2013/05/29 https://blog.risingstack.com/the-history-of-react-js-on-a-timeline/
  - GitHub repository creation: 2013/05/24
- Vue
  - First announcement: 2014/02/03 (9 months after React) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169288 http://blog.evanyou.me/2014/02/11/first-week-of-launching-an-oss-project/
  - GitHub repository creation: 2013/07/29
- Angular 2+
  - First announcement: 2014/10/22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_(application_platform)#Version_2
  - GitHub repository creation: 2014/09/18

 

## Why Vue has so many GitHub stars?

Vue is popular and highly regarded (91.15% satisfaction).
But why Vue GitHub stars don't follow the other trends (NPM downloads, NPM dependencies, GitHub topics, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Google, YouTube...)?

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#facebook/react&vuejs/vue&angular/angular

![timqian.com](https://i.imgur.com/YkUiOvw.png)

- GitHub stars is believed to be a bad measure: https://twitter.com/sandofsky/status/1007727882095886336
- [*"Vue sub people were talking about banding together to boost its stars on github"*](https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/a5r76w/once_every_23_years_a_new_front_end_framework_wins/ebotlra): maybe, I could not find any confirmation of this claim
- Vue community always talking about GitHub stars? That could add
- Buzz/hype? Most probably, a GitHub star is just a click

## What about Vue ecosystem? Does it get also a lot of GitHub stars?

- A router is one of the first piece of a SPA, let's look at vue-router (the official router for Vue) vs react-router (the de facto router for React)

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#ReactTraining/react-router&vuejs/vue-router

![timqian.com-router](https://i.imgur.com/zQIXobk.png)

- react-devtools vs vue-devtools

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#facebook/react-devtools&vuejs/vue-devtools

![timqian.com-devtools](https://i.imgur.com/N8LJkNg.png)

- Chrome extensions
  - react-devtools: 1,374,221 users https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/react-developer-tools/fmkadmapgofadopljbjfkapdkoienihi
  - vue-devtools: 719,783 users https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vuejs-devtools/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd

- Firefox add-ons
  - react-devtools: 64,988 users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/react-devtools/
  - vue-devtools: 36,982 users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vue-js-devtools/

- reactjs.org vs vuejs.org

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#reactjs/reactjs.org&vuejs/vuejs.org

![timqian.com-doc](https://i.imgur.com/Rs5QvzS.png)

- redux vs mobx vs vuex

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#reduxjs/redux&mobxjs/mobx&vuejs/vuex

![timqian.com-redux](https://i.imgur.com/GH3ohDN.png)

- create-react-app vs vue-cli

https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#facebook/create-react-app&vuejs/vue-cli

![timqian.com-cli](https://i.imgur.com/7DANp3G.png)

 

(1) https://www.timqian.com/star-history/#facebook/react&vuejs/vue&angular/angular