Google Insights is proving fruitful ground for all sorts of data visualization and the latest to catch our eye is Will Larson’s Global Popularity of Programming Languages over at the Irrational ...

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.

… except there is another measure of programming language popularity out there. I’m referring to GitHub’s annual reports of the fifteen most popular programming languages on its platform.

According to Coding Dojo's annual Top Programming Languages report, PHP hit an all-time low. Python continues to dominate the top position.

If you're interested in learning to code, for fun or financial gain, this interactive chart from IEEE Spectrum can help you pick the first (or next) language to learn. It ranks dozens of ...

Java has long ruled the roost in reports such as the TIOBE Index and the PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language chart, and nothing's changed in that regard for their new findings.

Our latest deep dive crunches the numbers from 2016 to 2024, revealing fascinating insights into the popularity of programming languages and how emerging trends and industry shifts have influenced ...

The Microsoft-backed F# functional programming language is gaining traction, with the platform showing a meteoric year-over-year rise on the Tiobe Programming Community Index gauging language ...

The two ‘dinosaur’ languages are competing for a top 10 spot in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity. They’re still critical in legacy systems, Tiobe says.