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Python wins popularity of programming languages

cartoon hand pointing towards Python logo
Python index rises sharply since 2018. Source tiobe.com

Summary

Python ranks #1 in popularity of programming languages on the TIOBE Index

TIOBE Index

The popularity of programming languages is reflected in the TIOBE Programming Community index which is updated once a month.
The rankings are determined by the amount of qualified engineers in the world, courses, and outside vendors using data from well-known search engines including Google, Bing, Yahoo!… The TIOBE index does not reflect which is the greatest programming language or the one with the most lines of code written in it.

The index is located at www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index and ranks about 150 languages.

The 5 languages with more than 10% ratings are shown below, with no change since last year:

Nov 2022Nov 2021ChangeProgramming LanguageRatingsChange
11
Python page
Python17.18%+5.41%
22
C page
C15.08%+4.35%
33
Java page
Java11.98%+1.26%
44
C++ page
C++10.75%+2.46%

The Following graph shows the marked rise in popularity since 2018. See original graph on www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index which is updated monthly.

 

tiobe.com index as of Nove 2022

Credits: Top illustration combined source from tiobe-index, hand pointing index finger by Pixabay Alexandru Petre, network lights by Pixabay Geralt.