Nit: TIOBE measures search results, not searches, specifically results for "Kotlin programming". But you're correct that it's a terrible metric for many reasons.

https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programminglanguages_defin...

Thanks for sharing.

This probably means that search results that state "<language> programming sucks" or "<language> programming blows" both increase the relevant score in the TIOBE Index.