| Frameworks | GitHub Score | Stack Overflow Score | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET | NA | 100 | 100 |
| Ruby on Rails | 95 | 98 | 96 |
| AngularJS | 100 | 93 | 96 |
| ASP.NET MVC | NA | 93 | 93 |
| Django | 89 | 92 | 90 |
| Laravel | 91 | 81 | 86 |
| Meteor | 95 | 76 | 85 |
| Spring | 80 | 89 | 84 |
| Express | 92 | 77 | 84 |
| CodeIgniter | 85 | 84 | 84 |
Notes: From hotframeworks.com 8/24/15 top 10 results Github score: Based on the number of stars the git repository for a framework has on GitHub. (frameworks not on GitHub have a NA) Stack Overflow score: Based on the number of questions on Stack Overflow that are tagged with the name of the framework. Scores normalized 0-100
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC scores set to 0 because not on GitHub.
Based on GitHub popularity (stars) I would recommend using AngularJS, because it has the highest star score on GiHub. However, GitHub stars actually measures the number of times users of GitHub starred a repository, not actually how many times it was forked or used. Stars are a method for a GitHub user to bookmark a repository and show appreciation to the maintainer. But it is considered by GitHub to be a "measure of popularity".
While you asked for a recommendation based on popularity, I would not use that measure as the sole criterion for choosing a framework. Questions asked on the method page should also be considered when choosing a framework.