What the Latest TIOBE Index Reveals About Java’s Surge and Language Rankings
The October TIOBE Programming Language Index shows Java climbing past 20% market share, highlights rapid shifts for languages like OpenEdge ABL, VBScript and Go, and explains how the ranking—based on search engine data—can guide developers in skill assessment and language selection for new projects.
Intro
Java continues its rise in the TIOBE Index, now surpassing the 20% threshold, boosted by the successful JavaOne conference at the end of October. This surge may further increase its popularity. Currently, Java and C lead the top two positions, with a gap of over 10% to the next languages.
Among the top 50 languages, the biggest jumps this month are OpenEdge ABL (from 19 to 38), VBScript (from 77 to 46) and Go (from 65 to 48).
The TIOBE Programming Language Community Ranking is a monthly indicator of programming language popularity, calculated from the number of experienced programmers, courses, and third‑party vendors found on the Internet. The ranking uses major search engines such as Google, MSN, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, YouTube and Baidu.
This index can help you check whether your programming skills are up‑to‑date and serve as a strategic reference when choosing a language for a new software system.
Programming Language Ranking TOP 20:
Top 10 languages long‑term trend chart:
Ranks 21‑50:
Bottom 50 languages:
4th Dimension
4D
ABC
Alice
Apex
APL
AutoLISP
Bash
bc
Bourne shell
C shell
C-Omega
CL (OS/400)
Clojure
CLU
Common Lisp
cTEiffel
Emacs Lisp
Forth
Icon
IDL
Inform
J
J#
Julia
Korn shell
Magic
Maple
Mathematica
MQL4
NATURAL
NXT-G
OCaml
OpenCL
Oz
PL/I
PowerShell
Programming Without Coding Technology
Pure Data
Q
S
S-PLUS
sed
Smalltalk
Stata
Tcl
Tex
thinBasic
Verilog
Z shell
The TIOBE index is a useful reference for checking whether your programming skills stay current and for making informed language choices when developing new systems.
Signed-in readers can open the original source through BestHub's protected redirect.
This article has been distilled and summarized from source material, then republished for learning and reference. If you believe it infringes your rights, please contactand we will review it promptly.
21CTO
21CTO (21CTO.com) offers developers community, training, and services, making it your go‑to learning and service platform.
How this landed with the community
Was this worth your time?
0 Comments
Thoughtful readers leave field notes, pushback, and hard-won operational detail here.