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.

Java's popularity grew after its release, only waning in recent years as developers considered alternatives. In 2024's Stack Overflow survey, it remained a top 10 language, ahead of C#, C++, and C.

In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.

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Twenty-year-old Java, despite being long in the tooth, is still the most popular programming language for developing enterprise applications. The TIOBE index, which is one measure of the popularity of ...

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Java may still be getting bad press when it comes to (mostly consumer) security, but it continues to be the world's most popular software development language. That's according to TIOBE Software's ...

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