I find that Nim compiles run as fast or faster than Go compiles and Nim code compiled with optimization tends to runs much faster than Go code.

Gaining popularity is quite an exceptional event. Nim is a fine language although some choices are quite opinionated but such is the case for Go as well.

D compiles (DMD compiler) pretty damn fast too. Which is exactly faster to compile D or Go depends on the nod in a horse race.

D just doesn't have a big company behind it to push it.

None of that contradicts my points.

It was meant only to supplement the discussion.