Java searches were down 3.93% over the period, while Python gained 1.86%. The top 10 languages behind C, Java and Python are C++, C#, Visual Basic, Javascript, PHP, Assembly Language, and SQL.

About 22 percent of all software programmers used C++, and 19 percent used C as of 2023, according to Statista, making them less popular than JavaScript, Python, Java and a few others.

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.

Python was TIOBE’s programming language of the year for 2024, a title determined by its rise in ratings over the year. The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most ...

Other languages with many millions of active developers include C#, C and C++, which popped up to third place in Tiobe's April 2019 index, thanks to broad compiler support from the likes of GCC ...