I can see here how to get number of tags through StackExchange API. Is it possible to get number of tags at a certain time in the past?
How can I run https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/tags?order=desc&sort=popular&inname=java&site=stackoverflow with BigQuery?
One of potentially many options - for BigQuery Standard SQL
#standardSQL
SELECT tag, COUNT(1) AS popular
FROM `bigquery-public-data.stackoverflow.stackoverflow_posts`,
UNNEST(SPLIT(tags, '|')) AS tag
WHERE DATE(creation_date)
BETWEEN DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE(), INTERVAL 3 YEAR)
AND DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE(), INTERVAL 2 YEAR)
GROUP BY tag
HAVING tag LIKE '%java%'
ORDER BY popular DESC
-- LIMIT 100