Python maintains its runaway top ranking in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, while older languages ...

In a post accompanying the January index, Paul Jansen, CEO of software quality services provider Tiobe, said Python gained a “whopping” 9.3% increase in ratings in 2024.

Python, the number one programming language in the TIOBE Programming Language Community Index in August, has further solidified its place at the top.

In Python, the most common of these data types is called the "list." The list is a zero-indexed collection of data of any type, stored linearly: the first item is at index 0, the second at index 1 ...

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

In TIOBE’s latest top programming language Index Python has surpassed C++ and is now in the top three programming languages. Java still holds the top spot while C is in second place.