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Forecast 08ae43ab · published 2026-08-24
Around 159 job postings mentioning python are expected the week of Sep 21–27, 2026 (likely range: 0–497, 80% coverage) — down from 2027 the week of Aug 24–30, 2026.
Confirmed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Sep 21–27, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 159 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-09-27
- Expires
- 2026-10-04
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 17 job postings
- Off by
- 142 postings
- Accuracy
- 11%
- Direction
- ✗ Missed
- Predicted range
- ✓ Actual fell inside it
Interval 0.0-496.9 covered the observed 17.0 (up) in 2026-W39; point estimate was 159.2 (down).
Observed history
python — the series behind the fit
Jul 20–26, 2026: 3 mentionsJul 27–Aug 2, 2026: 2 mentionsAug 3–9, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 4 mentionsAug 24–30, 2026: 15 mentions
How we know
Evidence
40+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
2 sources
93% from one source — treat as narrow
Last updated
2026-08-24
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 159.24
- Actual
- 17
- Accuracy
- 11%
- Direction
- missed
How this forecast was made
- Approach
- Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
- How far ahead
- 4 weeks
- Checked against reality by
- 2026-09-27
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for python
14 forecasts published, 14 scored, mean accuracy 34%.
Primary sources