According to the PYPL index, C# had the biggest growth in 2012, rising more than 2.3 percent, by far the biggest growth of any language over the past year, surpassing Java, PHP and C++.

Before 2016, TypeScript was not a top 10 language in GitHub's rankings but it climbed to seventh position in 2018 and over the past year has shot up to fourth spot, eclipsing C#, PHP and C++.

Based on job demand, Python is the top language, followed by Java, JavaScript, C++, C# and C, says CodingNomads.

Tiobe believes “chances are high” that C# could replace C among the top three languages in the index. Also trending upward is C++, its rating rising 1.01 percentage points in the past year.

1 Java, C, C++: Top 18 Programming Languages for 2011. by Darryl K. Taft. ... creator of C#, also created the Delphi programming environment while at Borland. Powered by Microsoft, ...

The vaunted C++ programming language, which overtook Java last month in the monthly Tiobe Index of language popularity, was the index’s biggest gainer in 2022, Tiobe announced this week. C++ ...

Programming language C might be 48 years old, but it's still hugely relevant for developers today and, by one measure, still more popular than Python. That's according to Tiobe's January 2020 ...

Sections of the survey are devoted to major programming languages, including Java, C, C++, C#, Python and so on, with one "key takeaway" addressing their popularity, or love. "The programming ...

The versatile language closely resembles C, C++, and C#. Despite falling behind Python in 2019, dropping to third place on GitHub's list, Java is still popular with developers.