The latest articles on DEV Community by Łukasz Wiktor (@lukaszwiktor). https://dev.to/lukaszwiktor https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F17505%2F6a0baae2-88ee-44bd-9b10-729695e5c944.jpg https://dev.to/lukaszwiktor en Łukasz Wiktor Mon, 08 Jun 2020 21:08:23 +0000 https://dev.to/lukaszwiktor/what-s-the-most-popular-programming-language-5dp4 https://dev.to/lukaszwiktor/what-s-the-most-popular-programming-language-5dp4 <p>Inspired by the article about <a href="https://dev.to/pavanbelagatti/why-is-go-so-damn-popular-among-developers-2d6h">the popularity of Go</a> I wanted to check what is currently the most popular programming language.</p> <p>I opened up Google Trends and entered a few languages that I alreay considered as popular.</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fsk9vwt14tvti1qhmoa05.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fsk9vwt14tvti1qhmoa05.png" alt="C# vs Java vs JavaScript vs PHP vs Python"></a></p> <p>You can only enter 5 terms in Google Trends so here is another round of slightly less popular languages (comparing to Java as it holds the reference point of 100% on the previous chart).</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fs2lej01adhfxwwny35y2.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fs2lej01adhfxwwny35y2.png" alt="Go vs Java vs Ruby vs Rust vs Swift"></a></p> <p>I was aware that Python is popular because of its usage for machine learning, but I'm quite surprised that Python has moved into the lead recently. I'm also shocked how fast Java is loosing popularity. Over last 5 years the interest in search for Java dropped by 55%.</p> <p>There is also the old good <a href="https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tiobe Index</a> which gives a bit different perspective.</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fh1hkdxt1lty1wf5j2xsb.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fh1hkdxt1lty1wf5j2xsb.png" alt="Tiobe Index"></a></p> <p>It also shows a gradual, although a much slower decline of Java and an increasing popularity of Python. What I don't understand is the top position of C language in the Tiobe Index. Can anyone explain?</p> dataviz go java python