We aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

Written by David Gewirtz, Senior Contributing Editor Sept. 5, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. PT solarseven/Getty Images Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ...

For example, as Jansen pointed out, the 50th most popular language on the index (ML) had a score of 0.14% in December 2022; this year, the 50th most popular language (ActionScript) sits at 0.24%.

In brief: Learning a programming language can be tricky, especially for someone new to coding. However, knowing the most popular languages may help some make a critical decision.

Go, often referred to as Golang, originated at Google in 2007 and was publicly released in 2009. It was designed to improve programming productivity in an era of multicore processors, large codebases, ...

Kotlin Popular for both Android and cross-platform app development, Kotlin is supported by Google, which announced it as an official language for Android development in 2017.