A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

Broader compiler support is driving a resurgence in interest in the nearly 35-year-old C++ programming language, which replaces Python in Tiobe's top 3.

In winning the designation for 2020, Python jumped 2.01 percentage points last year in the Tiobe Index of language popularity, edging out C++, which increased 1.99 percentage points.

For October 2024, Python continues to reign as the most popular programming language, growing by +7.08 percent in the past month and holding a 21.90 percent market share.

For developers keen on using programming language Python, there's a new tutorial that shows how to build a Python application in a Docker container using VS Code and Microsoft's VS Code Docker ...

According to the TIOBE Programming Community index, the following are the top 10 programming languages in July 2025. Python: A general-purpose programming language commonly used for back-end ...

By THE DATA TEAM “I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python, a programming ...