>>100188995this arguments holds true in popular things that everyone does
e.g. music, the most popular artists like Taylor Swift are utter trash, and good music comes from underrated artists
but for programming since you need an above average IQ to do it and more importantly because it is an actual job, popularity is more of an objective metric
if you want to buy a good tool for example, your best bet would be asking someone whose job is to use this tool