Programming languages like Java, C, and C++ have stood the test of time and remained widely popular among the programmers. The recent ranking of programming languages shows the same trend. Newer players like Google’s Go and Apple’s Swift too are rising in the popularity.
Top 20 programming languages
| Oct 2016 | Oct 2015 | Change | Programming Language | Ratings | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Java | 18.799% | -0.74% | |
| 2 | 2 | C | 9.835% | -6.35% | |
| 3 | 3 | C++ | 5.797% | +0.05% | |
| 4 | 4 | C# | 4.367% | -0.46% | |
| 5 | 5 | Python | 3.775% | -0.74% | |
| 6 | 8 | JavaScript | 2.751% | +0.46% | |
| 7 | 6 | PHP | 2.741% | +0.18% | |
| 8 | 7 | Visual Basic .NET | 2.660% | +0.20% | |
| 9 | 9 | Perl | 2.495% | +0.25% | |
| 10 | 14 | Objective-C | 2.263% | +0.84% | |
| 11 | 12 | Assembly language | 2.232% | +0.66% | |
| 12 | 15 | Swift | 2.004% | +0.73% | |
| 13 | 10 | Ruby | 2.001% | +0.18% | |
| 14 | 13 | Visual Basic | 1.987% | +0.47% | |
| 15 | 11 | Delphi/Object Pascal | 1.875% | +0.24% | |
| 16 | 65 | Go | 1.809% | +1.67% | |
| 17 | 32 | Groovy | 1.769% | +1.19% | |
| 18 | 20 | R | 1.741% | +0.75% | |
| 19 | 17 | MATLAB | 1.619% | +0.46% | |
| 20 | 18 | PL/SQL | 1.531% | +0.46% |
