From a comment on Reddit:
> 1.6 million weekly downloads for React vs. 200k weekly downloads for Vue. I don't think the GitHub stars measure much. People are downloading react at approximately 8 times the rate of vue.
(I would still bet that React is used much more yet, just noting that the NPM comparison doesn't tell the whole story - nor does the stars comparison)
I'd be curious of what other metrics Github stars correlates with (# of applications in production, $ in revenue/investment, etc.), but I suppose if Vue ends up replacing React in clear popularity that some will point to this as a significant moment in that history.
There are lots of micro libraries because there's zero barrier to putting something on github and NPM, and there's a huge population of people wanting to practice and demonstrate their programming skill.
Many of those are irrelevant. Guess what? Me throwing a "cool-cucumber.js" library doesn't obligate anyone to learn or keep up with it.
It's like a random author publishing a random book. Who cares? you don't have to read it.
The rest is much more stable. There's a bit of fluff on the surface but underneath is not changing that much.
My father is afraid of git. My sister in law is afraid of open source software. And, that fear is reflected in their career choices and the quality of their code.
Vue is still one of the few frameworks that stays lean.
Easier learning curve by new developers trying to pick a front end framework.
If the parent means by byte count, React + ReactDOM is about 32.5KB, Vue is 30.3KB. Not a dramatic difference in byte bloat, either.