Why Python Is Surging Ahead: Insights from GitHub, TIOBE, and PYPL Rankings
This article examines Python's rising popularity by analyzing data from GitHub's Octoverse report, the TIOBE index, and the PYPL ranking, highlighting trends, comparative shares, and the factors that make languages like Python, Java, and JavaScript dominate the development landscape.
21CTO guide: This article examines Python's popularity using data from GitHub and the Tiobe rankings.
In GitHub's Octoverse report, we briefly analyze the most representative programming languages and their trends, then explore which languages are most popular and why.
Top programming languages (source: GitHub)
GitHub hosts a massive ecosystem of software repositories used by 31 million developers to publish large platforms.
The Octoverse report for 2018 confirms the top three languages: JavaScript, Java, and Python, with Python's share moving closer to Java's.
Thread safety, interoperability, open source.
In the TIOBE December ranking, Python reclaimed the third position with an 8.376% share, pushing C++ down.
According to the PYPL index, Python performed even better: after surpassing Java in May with a 22.8% share, it continued to rise, reaching 25.36% in December while Java fell to 21.56%.
PYPL calculates popularity directly from Google Trends data, measuring the frequency of language searches on Google.
Python, Java, and JavaScript popularity trends:
Full ranking list: https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html
Source: GitHub Link: https://blog.github.com/2018-11-15-state-of-the-octoverse-top-programming-languages/
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