Concurrently studying German and French opens my eyes to supply and demand. If you had to compare between the two, French is definitely more sought after amongst Americans than German: Most schools offer French or Spanish, and Bronx Science, which had a wonderful language program, did not even have German after the previous teacher retired. My French language school is a multi-story complex in midtown Manhattan with smart-screens as a chalkboard and countless courses. My German school has to beg for rooms from NYU and has difficulties filling up the roster. I can see the difference outside of the classroom too: tons of shelves dedicated to French in bookstores and maybe half for German, online there are plenty of forums to ask grammatical questions in French. I'm not saying the resources aren't there, but there's a noticeable discrepancy. I wonder how people feel for really rare languages, like Finnish or ancient Coptic. What help do they get?