Search results are an inaccurate measure. 14k people buy the game every day, twice as much as 2 years ago. Which was when ECC was at its peak. Minecraft isn't dying. (Neither is ECC, but it has declined)
ECC will be here for a long time in my opinion, enjoy it while its here and stop worrying about if its dying.
God, I hate when people post threads like this... No, ECC is by dieing, it is going fairly well with around 100 players on. This is like the fifth thread I've seen today about this kind of stuff. Please excuse me being rude, but it really aggravates me when people post things like this.