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You should use Google Insight and not Google Trends, then you can choose categories related to computers only so you don't get useless queries like related to Java island
Even more interesting when you click 'Growth relative to the Programming category', which shows Rails' massive growth, but also if you hover over the current time, it says the programming category is down 53% (since 2004 I assume?)
I don't know which explanation is correct. I'm just proposing one of many alternative explanations.
You should use Google Insight and not Google Trends, then you can choose categories related to computers only so you don't get useless queries like related to Java island
Insights totally agrees. It looks like the search volume has definitely dropped off.
Is Programming Getting Less Popular? Only among the posers. They're the ones who jump into the latest/coolest/most promising thing and bail when they realize how much work it really is. Those of us who were here before them and will be here long after they're gone say "71 79 79 68 32 82 73 68 68 65 78 67 69". [EDIT: Added the 32. tome wins]
http://www.google.com/trends?q=cuda,+cloud+computing,+androi...
The "relative" one shows decline, whereas "absolute" stats shows steady state. Google also shows decline (slower, but still).
This might mean that Google Trends' results are just more and more diluted as more and more non-tech people come into the industry.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=F%23,+clojure,+groovy,+lua...
The strong yearly periodicity must mean interest is heavily associated with students\the school year.