Web dev dominates the market, I think that's the main reason. People go after the money, so it makes a lot of sense, economically at least.
Apart from that, assuming that by "web dev" you mean both front end and backend, web dev is of course an incredibly broad subject. Frontend frameworks, Javascript, React/Vue etcetera, CSS, databases, backends, it encompasses a huge range of subjects.
I've done a lot of things in the past - "enterprise development" (Java, Spring), mobile development, old fashioned desktop development, but since I've quit my "boss job" in the office and become a remote freelance developer I'm gradually dumping everything except web dev. Mobile dev is out the window, Java is almost gone ... focusing on web dev just makes a lot of sense.
P.S. two other "big" topic areas are (web) design and data science. Web design is obviously of vital importance already, and I wouldn't be surprised if data science becomes the next big thing, giving web dev a run for its money.
But, both these areas aren't pure "development", they're tangentially "related to" development.
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Web dev dominates the market, I think that's the main reason. People go after the money, so it makes a lot of sense, economically at least.
Apart from that, assuming that by "web dev" you mean both front end and backend, web dev is of course an incredibly broad subject. Frontend frameworks, Javascript, React/Vue etcetera, CSS, databases, backends, it encompasses a huge range of subjects.
I've done a lot of things in the past - "enterprise development" (Java, Spring), mobile development, old fashioned desktop development, but since I've quit my "boss job" in the office and become a remote freelance developer I'm gradually dumping everything except web dev. Mobile dev is out the window, Java is almost gone ... focusing on web dev just makes a lot of sense.
P.S. two other "big" topic areas are (web) design and data science. Web design is obviously of vital importance already, and I wouldn't be surprised if data science becomes the next big thing, giving web dev a run for its money.
But, both these areas aren't pure "development", they're tangentially "related to" development.