As Jansen notes, C++ hit a high point in 2003 with a 17.53% share that put it in the top three programming languages. One possible reason for the resurgence in interest in C++ is the arrival of C++20.

C++ was created in 1985 by Danish computer scientist, Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ is the main language used to build Chrome and has been a key language, along with C, for the Android Open Source Project.