alt Hacker NewsGo is relatively easy to learn, and the semantics of the language make it more difficult to write "clever" code that's difficult to understand.
That's the main selling point, with a secondary point that it statically compiles so you don't have to do a whole Python/JS distribution thing for CLIs.
Java feels like the closest contender here, although it really sucks for CLIs due to start up times. I don't think it's the easiest to learn either, but I've never tried all that hard.
It only really makes sense to me at org-scale, though. I think you raise a very good point for individual projects, I too normally don't choose Go for that (unless I need compilation to make distribution to myself easier on corporate laptops).
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Java has GraalVM which compiles to native code if you care about startup time.
Choosing a language because it's easy to learn might be common and popular, but that is just about the least meaningful criteria for a programming language given the length of time you expect to use it.
Can you imagine if structural engineers rushed to post comments about how they decided to use wood for all their projects because it was simple to get up and running with, and they didn't want to have to deal with the all complexities of having to learn about metals like steel?