PYPL measures how often language tutorials are Googled. ... According to GitHub’s 2016 and 2017 reports, the world’s most popular programming language, by a considerable distance, is Javascript.

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Python has scaled to the top of the monthly PyPL language popularity index, overtaking Java. Also on the rise, in the rival Tiobe index, is Scala, which has again cracked the index’s Top 20.

The two languages take divergent paths in the Tiobe and PyPL popularity indexes, with Python getting a spike thanks to AI while C founders due to lack of major support ...

According to The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index, in February 2022, Java was the second most popular language in the world, and its use has grown by 1.2% compared to February 2021.

The move to develop organization accounts followed a survey of Python users last year in which they were the most requested PyPl feature. When the results were published in December 2021, the PSF ...