While they adjusted the name from "most loved" to "most admired" in 2023, it remains roughly the same essential category: people who used the programming language and want to use it again, which is not the same as people who would like to use the language.

Market resolves by 2025-1-1 or whenever StackOverflow publishes the results of the survey, whichever comes first. If someone buys StackOverflow and renames it to something like "WhyWouldYouThrowAwayAllThatBrandingAndClout.com", the question still resolves if they run the survey and publish the results.