Search google.com/trends for Emacs and Vim:
It suggests that in the last few years, both editors have lost users, but Emacs lost them faster than Vim. While Emacs started out with twice the popularity of Vim, Vim is now stronger.
Personally, I tried them both for some weeks each, but in the end settled with TextMate and WriteRoom, as both Emacs and Vim somehow felt too clunky for me.
Search google.com/trends for Emacs and Vim: It suggests that in the last few years, both editors have lost users, but Emacs lost them faster than Vim. While Emacs started out with twice the popularity of Vim, Vim is now stronger.
Personally, I tried them both for some weeks each, but in the end settled with TextMate and WriteRoom, as both Emacs and Vim somehow felt too clunky for me.