Comment by fdsf111

The number of mentions needs to be normalized by the number of job posts.

Example:

- 2021-01: posts=842, python=194, ratio = 194 / 842 = 0.23 (mentions per post)

- 2025-01: posts=487, python=87, ratio = 87 / 487 = 0.18

And then if you want to see a trend, do a moving 6 months average.

[2021-01] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25632982

[2025-01] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42575537