What Are the Top 10 Programming Languages in December 2023? TIOBE Ranking Revealed
The December 2023 TIOBE Index lists the ten most popular programming languages worldwide, highlighting shifts such as Python’s slight decline, C#’s 38.1% surge, and the influence of search‑engine data, while also explaining how the index is calculated and which sources are considered qualified.
The TIOBE programming language index is updated monthly; the December 2023 edition has just been released.
Top 10 Programming Languages in December 2023
Python
C
C++
Java
C#
JavaScript
PHP
Visual Basic
SQL
Assembly Language
According to the index, Python fell 2.80% from November to December, while C dropped 5.12%.
Which language is leading this year?
TIOBE Software’s CEO Paul Jansen noted that C# gained a 38.1% share over two years, outpacing competitors such as Fortran and F#.
He also suggested that C# could be the most popular language of the year, with C++ remaining a strong rival, having beaten C# in 2022 to become the language of the year.
What is the TIOBE Index?
The TIOBE Index measures the popularity of programming languages each month based on data from software engineers, programmers, programming courses, and third‑party providers.
The index is derived from search‑engine results on Google, Bing, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube, and Baidu, among others.
Qualified search engines
Google.com – 7.69%
Wikipedia.org – 7.38%
Amazon.com – 7.08%
Vk.com – 6.77%
Bing.com – 6.46%
Microsoft.com – 6.15%
Msn.com – 5.85%
Ebay.com – 5.54%
Unqualified search engines
Baidu.com – SOURCES_NOT_PARSABLE
Bilibili.com – NO_COUNTER
The index helps developers check whether the languages they use are currently popular worldwide, without focusing on any specific region or country.
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