ZDNet

Programming languages: C++ overtakes PHP, but JavaScript, Python and Java still rule

JavaScript, Python, Java, TypeScript and C# are the most widely used programming languages in GitHub projects, according to GitHub's 2022 Octoverse report. The list of top programming languages on ...
ZDNet

Programming language popularity: Python overtakes Java – as Rust reaches top 20

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings. It's the ...

TIOBE Programming Index News – November 2025: C# Closes In on Java

Python leads. C holds #2; C++ and Java dip as C# nears Java. Lower ranks shuffle — Perl returns, SQL at #10, and Go drops ...
InfoWorld

C++ overtakes Java in language popularity index

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index. C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language ...
InfoWorld

C, C++, Java vie for second place in language popularity

While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...
TechRepublic

Why Python is considered the top programming language ahead of JavaScript and C++

Why Python is considered the top programming language ahead of JavaScript and C++ Your email has been sent A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python ...