Where Vim Came From
&gt; While Emacs certainly still has a following, some people think that the Editor Wars are over and that Vim won.16 The 2018 Stack Overflow Developer Survey suggests that this is true; only 4.1% of respondents used Emacs.<p>I&#x27;m an Emacs user for years now and love the editor. But I&#x27;m curious about this claim of its poor popularity. The article refers to a piece from 
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linux-magazine.com&#x2F;Online&#x2F;Blogs&#x2F;Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog&#x2F;The-End-of-the-Editor-Wars" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linux-magazine.com&#x2F;Online&#x2F;Blogs&#x2F;Off-the-Beat-Bruc...</a> which bases its arguments on two surveys from 2013 and 2014.<p>Does anyone know of a credible way to measure the popularity of Emacs and what the usage trends are in 2018 other than SO?