C and Java remain the most popular languages in the Tiobe community index, but Python is stalking them and will likely take top spot in the future. According to Tiobe's July 2021 index, the three ...

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.

C++ is currently the fastest growing programming language in Tiobe's popularity index and it's probably due to the arrival of C++20.

Java is the most popular interpreted language on the planet. Learn how it differs from compiled ones in this interpreted vs. compiled languages breakdown.