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What people were learning · Week of Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026

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#1 · Week of Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026Peaked
Machine learning
AI & tech · ▲ from #8
+6%Stack Exchange +37% · Wikipedia +5%
#2 Rank 2, about the same as last timeVibe codingAI & techWikipedia +124% · Reddit communities +2%
0%
#3 Rank 3, about the same as last timePythonAI & techHacker News +21% · Stack Exchange +13%
+9%

4Rank 4, about the same as last timeExcelAI & tech · Peaked+20%4Rank 4, about the same as last timeExcelAI & techPeakedStack Exchange +105% · Bluesky +102%+20%
5Rank 5, about the same as last timeSQLAI & tech · Mainstream−7%5Rank 5, about the same as last timeSQLAI & techMainstreamWikipedia +24% · Reddit communities +8%−7%
6Rank 6, about the same as last timeData analysisAI & tech · Peaked+13%6Rank 6, about the same as last timeData analysisAI & techPeakedWikipedia +65% · Stack Exchange +53%+13%
7Rank 7, about the same as last timeWeb developmentAI & tech · Peaked−6%7Rank 7, about the same as last timeWeb developmentAI & techPeakedBluesky +51% · Reddit communities −11%−6%
8Rank 8, about the same as last timeCodingAI & tech · Peaked+1%8Rank 8, about the same as last timeCodingAI & techPeakedBluesky +35% · Hacker News −8%+1%
9Rank 9, about the same as last timeJavaScriptAI & tech · Peaked−10%9Rank 9, about the same as last timeJavaScriptAI & techPeakedStack Exchange +2% · Reddit communities −3%−10%
10Rank 10, about the same as last timeCybersecurityAI & tech · Peaked+19%10Rank 10, about the same as last timeCybersecurityAI & techPeakedStack Exchange +46% · Hacker News +13%+19%
11new this editionTypingAI & tech · Peaked+147%11new this editionTypingAI & techPeakedWikipedia +257% · Hacker News +52%+147%
12new this editionGame developmentAI & tech · Peaked+40%12new this editionGame developmentAI & techPeakedHacker News +103% · Bluesky +68%+40%
13Rank 13, about the same as last timeRustAI & tech · Peaked+19%13Rank 13, about the same as last timeRustAI & techPeakedWikipedia +49% · Hacker News −12%+19%
14Rank 14, about the same as last timeAI agentsAI & tech · Rising−14%14Rank 14, about the same as last timeAI agentsAI & techRisingReddit communities −7% · Hacker News −15%−14%
15new this editionData visualizationAI & tech · Peaked+45%15new this editionData visualizationAI & techPeakedWikipedia +49% · Hacker News +41%+45%
16Rank 16, about the same as last timePrompt writingAI & tech · Peaked+4%16Rank 16, about the same as last timePrompt writingAI & techPeakedBluesky +102% · Wikipedia −19%+4%
17Rank 17, about the same as last timeData engineeringAI & tech · Steady+6%17Rank 17, about the same as last timeData engineeringAI & techSteadyWikipedia +105% · Hacker News −56%+6%
18new this editionDevOpsAI & tech · Peaked+16%18new this editionDevOpsAI & techPeakedBluesky +51% · Hacker News +7%+16%
19Rank 19, about the same as last timeGoAI & tech · Peaked+8%19Rank 19, about the same as last timeGoAI & techPeakedHacker News +9% · Wikipedia +7%+8%
20new this editionAI image generationAI & tech · Peaked+2%20new this editionAI image generationAI & techPeakedBluesky +102% · Wikipedia −8%+2%
21down 7 places3D printingAI & tech · Peaked+30%21down 7 places3D printingAI & techPeakedHacker News +115% · Wikipedia −11%+30%
22down 5 placesC#AI & tech · Peaked+72%22down 5 placesC#AI & techPeakedHacker News +392% · Wikipedia −22%+72%
23down 5 placesDatabasesAI & tech · Peaked+7%23down 5 placesDatabasesAI & techPeakedHacker News +33% · Wikipedia −9%+7%