Python stays far ahead; C strengthens at #2, Java edges past C++, C# is 2025’s winner; Delphi returns, R holds #10.

In this article, I survey a clutch of popular programming languages and provide some personal opinions as to when it is appropriate to use each of them. I'll also talk about some of the development ...

Open-source language Python is already one of the most popular programming languages among developers. It ranks in third place behind mainstays Java and C, according to programming language index ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. li> 1. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after ...

New figures have claimed C++ is among the top three most popular programming languages used by developers today. The TIOBE Index, which promises to check more than one billion lines of code every day ...

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings. It's the ...

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index. C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language ...

What just happened? For the first time in more than 20 years, the Python programming language has overtaken Java, JavaScript, and C as the most popular language. The updated rankings for October ...