After Java, Kotlin is the most popular JVM language. Kotlin is an expressive, concise language with strong functional programming support. It’s especially appealing to Java developers because it ...

Kotlin has played a role in the declining popularity of Java in recent years. In the latest index, Java’s rating dropped from 8.92% to 8.35%, placing it outside the top 3 for a second month.

Overall, Kotlin’s concurrency support is impressive and well thought out. It’s not hard to understand why the language is a popular alternative to Java.

Kotlin, a language fully interoperable with Java, is rising in the ranks. Each month, TIOBE Software ranks 100 programming languages by their popularity with the programming community.

Kotlin, its fully compatible direct competitor, is also easier to use and free of charge. Java was the most popular programming language on the TIOBE index for several years, only conceding to C ...

The decades-long length of the project lets it track long-term historical trends, and the latest one identified by Paul Jansen, CEO of TIOBE Software, sees the ascent of C# at the expense of Java -- ...