Python, C and C++ held on to their crowns in the TIOBE Software list of most popular programming languages in February ( Figure A ).TIOBE’s proprietary points system takes into account which programming languages are most popular according to a variety of large search engines.Python, C and C++ lost popularity somewhat year-over-year but retained their top spots for the month.Plus, the Go programming language reached number eight on TIOBE’s top 10 list for the first time.
Figure A
The TIOBE Index includes a look at programming language popularity trends over time, reflective of TIOBE’s rankings.Image: TIOBE Software Top 10 programming languages in February 2024 The top 10 programming languages in February 2024 (Figure B) according to the TIOBE Programming Community index are:
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript SQL Go Visual Basic PHP Figure B
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for February 2024.The change column indicates shifts month-over-month.The points system used in the ratings column is determined by the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses and third-party vendors engaging with each language on a range of popular search engines.Image: TIOBE Software SEE: This bundle provides 12 courses on learning Python .
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Go enters the top 10 Go’s entry into TIOBE’s top 10 knocked Scratch off the leaderboard.Google’s Go has waxed and waned in popularity since its first release in November 2009.
Go is popular in back-end programming, web services and APIs.Docker and Kubernetes are both written in Go, which contributed to the programming language’s increase in popularity.
Top 10 programming languages in January 2024 The top 10 programming languages in January 2024 ( Figure C ) according to the TIOBE Programming Community index are:
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript PHP Visual Basic SQL Scratch Figure C
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for January 2024.Image: TIOBE Software Other major moves in the TIOBE Index month-over-month are that Scratch joined the top 10, COBOL returned to the top 20, and Assembly’s popularity fell, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen told TechRepublic.
A look back at 2023 Jansen noted that two languages became prominent in the index top 20 this year: Kotlin, an easy-to-use rival to Java; and Fortran, the venerable language that is still often used in university research.
Jansen predicts that Dart, which is often used with Flutter apps, and TypeScript may enter the top 20 in 2024.
Top 10 programming languages in December 2023 In December, the top 10 programming languages remained the same as they were in November, according to TIOBE Software’s monthly list.TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen noted that most of the top 20 programming languages lost popularity according to the TIOBE Software points system, as smaller languages became more popular and gradually moved up the rankings.
The top 10 programming languages on TIOBE’s proprietary ranking system in December (Figure D) were as follows:
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript PHP Visual Basic SQL Assembly Language Figure D
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for December 2023.Image: TIOBE Software Top 10 programming languages in November 2023 TIOBE Software has released its monthly list of the top programming languages for November .There hasn’t been much movement in the top 10 list; Python, C, C++ and Java retained their crowns in the top four.
TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen is keeping an eye on Kotlin , which made a dramatic jump from #18 to #15 in the index.
Below is the list of the top 10 programming languages in November 2023, per the TIOBE Index rankings.
The top 10 programming languages on TIOBE’s proprietary ranking system ( Figure E ) mostly held steady in November.PHP and Visual Basic swapped spots.Python and C both saw declines of 3.02% and 3.31% respectively.C++ declined by 0.39%.
C# rose in popularity by 3.40%.
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript PHP Visual Basic SQL Assembly Language Figure E
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for November 2023.Image: TIOBE Software The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for November 2023.The change column indicates shifts month-over-month.The points system used in the ratings column is determined by the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses and third-party vendors engaging with each language on a range of popular search engines.
Top 10 programming languages in October 2023 The top three programming languages on TIOBE’s list — Python, C and C++ — remain in their positions in October, as does the rest of the list.
The competition between Java and C#, and the recent shift between the two programming languages, can be seen in Java’s large decline of -3.92% points in the proprietary TIOBE system ( Figure F ).C# gained 3.29% in TIOBE’s points system, the largest gain of all programming languages annually.
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP SQL Assembly Language Figure F
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for September 2023.Image: TIOBE Software.Top 10 programming languages in September 2023 In August, TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen suggested the next shift in the top three programming languages might be C++ overtaking C.Between August and September, C lost 2.70% in the proprietary ranking system, but that wasn’t enough to budge it from second place (Figure G) .
Python C C++ Java C# JavaScript Visual Basic PHP Assembly language SQL Figure G
The TIOBE Index’s 10 most popular programming languages for September 2023.Image: TIOBE Software What is the TIOBE Index? The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month.Its proprietor, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen, notes that the index is not a prize for the “best” language or a list of in which programming language the most code has been written; instead, he uses popular search engines to determine which languages are most used among professional programmers, programming courses and third-party vendors.
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