Most popular programming languages

Based on the TIOBE Index, following are the most popular programming languages:

  1. Java: 16.09%
  2. C: 14.91%
  3. Python: 10.69%
  4. C++: 6.63%
  5. Visual Basic .NET: 4.64%
  6. JavaScript: 3.66%
  7. PHP: 3.43%
  8. SQL: 2.71%
  9. C#: 2.51%
  10. Swift: 2.12%
  11. Go: 1.79%
  12. Ruby: 1.62%
  13. R: 1.44%
  14. Assembly language: 1.41%
  15. Kotlin: 1.37%
  16. TypeScript: 1.23%
  17. Dart: 1.14%
  18. Objective-C: 1.10%
  19. Shell: 1.06%
  20. Scratch: 0.97%

These statistics are subject to change over time and may differ depending on the source and methodology used to measure popularity.