lower than in 2019
For 2019 we ran it for 50 days. This year it was 30 days.
lower than in 2018
Really? 2 persons less (769 vs 771) is 0.26%. C'mon.
To someone who was evaluating the survey results: did you received any interesting insights, ideas, feedback etc. via the free text fields?
Often times those are the most interesting data to read because a participant isn't bound to a question's predefined answers. The survey results however remain sometimes a bit general with it's statements.
For people who stopped using Nim, the most common reasons were (answering a free-form question): lack of libraries (small and not mature ecosystem), [...]
What libraries are exactly missing / not mature enough? At least a lot of people seem to be interested in contributing to Nim and it's ecosystem and might find a new project idea.
I'm aware of the needed-libaries repo. It was initially created based on the Nim's 2017 community survey and issues are updated/created sporadically. But do the issues still represent the status quo?
For 2019 we ran it for 50 days. This year it was 30 days.
Also, one more reason for lower number this year can be seen if you compare the number of (non)users in each survey.
In 2019 we have reached a wider (non-Nim) audience, probably thanks to HackerNews (you never know when and which post will gain traction there), and we had 25% of respondents who never used Nim, compared to 16% this year.
In 2019, out of 908 respondents, we had 587 Nim users. In 2020, out of 769 respondents, we had 558 Nim users. Just 5% less.
To put the numbers in perspective: 15% less responders, 5% less Nim users but the poll time was 40% shorter.
The fraction of Nim users increased by 8%
The average number of poll participants per day increased by 6%