For a second year in a row in the StackOverflow Developer Survey results<p>Notepad++ is the THIRD Most Popular Development Environment<p>https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools<p>I think next year, if we all try hard enough, we can make it number one!<p>Can't help but to link Notepad++ history on wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B
I'd like to see what the numbers would look like if all of the JetBrains IDEs were combined. Given the methodology, you can't just add them up, but I suspect, taken as a single entity, they'd be the top. That seems the more appropriate comparison, given that they're all essentially IntelliJ with different plugins.
It says nothing about loved, only popular. The percentages dont add up to 100, so I suppose the question asked which enironments you use regulary. Then it makes sense that NPP scores highly even though its unlikely to be used for serious work.