I wonder if this also reflects a general shift away from Ubuntu of if the phenomenon is mostly limited to the gamer demographic.

Could be A and B, keep in mind that gaming is one of the largest enticements of the PC platform in general (Phones snapped up most of the home office users).

(Phones snapped up most of the home office users).

You just connected so many dots for me.

Probably those email power users. Still surprising to see Arch so popular. Is it pure arch or does it includes the various flavour of arch. Tbf I also used arch as my daily driver.