It wouldn't surprise me to see a large fraction of Java use being at b2b startups/small companies since a lot of those 2bs are large and using enterprise tech can make the acquisition story sweeter...
Huge workforce to hire from (crucial for start ups), vibrant and huge cosystem, battle tested, can scale to pretty much any size, write once, develop anywhere, ...
I know HN is a bit in a bubble but I've dealt with hundreds of startups over the past ten years and I can tell you that easily 90% of them pick Java from day one.
