Python has scored its highest rating ever, 18.04%, in Tiobe’s index of programming language popularity for August 2024. Python became the first language to reach 18% mark since Java in November ...

Python this month has taken the top spot in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, becoming only the third language to ever lead the index in its 20-plus years of existence.

Python gained 3.62 percentage points year over year in Tiobe's January 2019 index, beating rises by Visual Basic .NET and Java, the second and third biggest gainers. Python was created in 1989 by ...