It’s #1 in the language admired/desired section of this year’s Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Perhaps that’s what they were referencing?

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology/#admired-and...

"Want to use" is not the same thing as "I used it and I love it"

You missed that whole "admired" part of my point and the link. :-/

It is a very subjective take indeed