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At least tag articles or something if they're going to be clickbait, misleading, non-news stories.

Also, your description is wrong; from the methodology page (for the "study", http://db-engines.com/en/ranki...), the metric doesn't measure deployed instances, or usage, or even active interest. The metric measures delta in mentions online related to the DB type. The only valid conclusion you can draw is that there was a larger increase of mentions of Oracle than other databases.

I could suggest one compelling alternative explanation for the findings: the world is becoming more concerned about computer security, and since Oracle is one of the companies who's products are the most plagued with security problems (and the Oracle brand is intentionally associated with Java in all regards), that could easily explain an increase in mentions of their company. Just a thought, you know, for people who think.

I was wondering that too, here is how it was measured:

General interest in the system (ie, Google trends)
Frequency of technical discussions about the system.(Stackoverflow + DBA Stack Exchange)
Number of job offers, in which the system is mentioned (Job search engine Indeed and Simply Hired (I'd never heard of them))
Number of profiles in professional networks, in which the system is mentioned. (LinkedIn)
Relevance in social networks (Twitter)

They use a 'carefully tuned algorithm' to combine all those results, and get a number for each database. It really makes me wonder who in the world is using Oracle, because they are very, very far away from any company I've ever worked with.

Seeing as how MySQL is the second most popular database system in the world, it might be more than that.

Bad idea? I don't think MongoDB got the message.

Note that I've never used it personally, but I don't think there's any consensus that it's a bad idea. It's like any other tool though -- there are appropriate and inappropriate uses.

Yes there is nothing like MS Access in terms of GUI in Linux. Here's why: MS Access is a joke of a database when it comes to reliability, performance, scalability, etc. A quick comparison between MS Access and MariaDB.

VB, even with its quirks, does well. I would like a front-end, in which business logic can be programmed. Logic placed right there on the form...Logic and parameters that can be passed to the DB engine. Nothing friendly exists in Lunix, or should I say, "I haven't found one yet." Am I wrong?

The problem is not a "frontend" as you put it but that you have to rely on a GUI for a database. It's so much easier to use MS Access to throw something together; however, you are stuck with the limitations of VB and the frontend. There is more control and power if another language like Java or C++ is used.

"The DB-Engines Ranking does not measure the number of installations of the systems, or their use within IT systems." ( http://db-engines.com/en/ranking_definition )

[Citation Needed]. Among industry watchers the two most popular RDBMS systems are considered to be Oracle and Microsoft's SQL Server. MySQL is in the same ballpark, but it certainly doesn't have a large lead. Here's one survey showing that via a few metrics they combine. You'll get the same sort of ranking if you dig into most market surveys.

"Although MySQL is still widely used — Db-engines.com ranks it as the third most popular RDBMS after Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, compared to MariaDB coming in at #35 — "

They should had read their methodology before citing them wrong. It is not what is more used (as mysql is basically the default db used by most popular web apps, should be more in the order of popularity of php than in the oracle, like it or not) but what have more active discussion around in certain circles. Even if you think that that measurement "matters" they are talking about "most popular RDBMS" and in the list of RDBMS (not general DBs) MariaDB is #17 (and as mostly transparent replacement of mysql, probably should be in reality between the top 10)