July 2026 TIOBE Ranking: Rust Cracks Top‑10—Can Python Keep Its Lead?
The July 2026 TIOBE Index shows Rust entering the top‑10 for the first time, driven by major industry adoption and policy pushes, while Python remains number one but slips slightly, and languages like R and Zig quietly climb the ranks.
July 2026 TIOBE Index
Rust reached rank 10, its highest position to date.
Historical trend
Earlier in the year Rust briefly peaked at 13th, then fell to 16th; by April TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen noted a slowdown, but the July release shows the first top‑10 entry.
Adoption drivers
Linux kernel added Rust support.
Microsoft promotes Rust for Windows security.
AWS uses Rust extensively in infrastructure.
Cloudflare, Discord, Dropbox and other internet companies use Rust heavily.
Policy influence
U.S. CISA set a 1 Jan 2026 deadline for critical‑infrastructure vendors to publish memory‑safety roadmaps; the FBI urged an immediate stop to new C/C++ projects, encouraging migration to memory‑safe languages such as Rust.
Job market impact (2025)
Rust‑related job postings grew 35 % YoY.
Average Rust salary was 24 % above the overall median.
Rust salaries increased 12 % YoY, the fastest growth among languages.
Share and visibility
Rust’s share in the index is 1.34 %, far below Python’s ~20 % (Python 18.96 % in July 2026, after a July 2025 peak of 26.98 %).
Other rising languages
R re‑entered the top‑10 at rank 8 with 2.19 % share, driven by academic statistics, finance and bio‑informatics.
Zig is approaching the top‑30, praised for low‑level performance, simple toolchain and ease of learning.
Limitations of the TIOBE Index
The index measures programming‑language attention (search engine queries, course enrollments, community activity) rather than suitability for specific projects. For example, TypeScript leads GitHub contributions but ranks around 30, while Go dominates cloud‑native infrastructure yet scores low on search popularity.
Current top‑10 (July 2026)
Python, C, C++, Java, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, SQL, R, Rust.
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