The JVM ecosystem is thriving, with a diverse global community of developers participating in the latest survey. The majority of respondents are from technical backgrounds, and there's a significant presence of C-level employees. The survey reveals that 36% of developers have switched to alternative OpenJDK distributions, while 64% still use Java 8 as their primary release. Kotlin has become the second most popular language on the JVM, overtaking Scala and Clojure. Spring dominates the Java ecosystem with 60% usage for main applications, and IntelliJ IDEA is the preferred IDE among JVM developers, adopted by 62%. The survey highlights the versatility of the JVM ecosystem in both enterprises and startups.