{"id":355193,"date":"2020-06-08T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=355193"},"modified":"2020-06-08T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:59:37","slug":"the-most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/355193-the-most-popular-programming-languages-in-the-world-16.html","title":{"rendered":"The most popular programming languages in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Tiobe Index<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for June 2020, C has regained its position as the most popular programming language in the world.<\/p>\n

It edges out Java, which despite losing its top spot, has also seen increased popularity in June 2020.<\/p>\n

The other notable change in the index is the placement of the Rust programming language into the top 20 for the first time.<\/p>\n

Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen explained that Rust has been awarded the “most-loved programming language” by Stackoverflow users for the last five years.<\/p>\n

“The main reason for this is that Rust is a system programming language that is done right,” said Jansen.<\/p>\n

“All the verbose programming and sharp edges of other languages are solved by Rust while being statically strongly typed.”<\/p>\n

PYPL rankings<\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, Python continues to dominate the PYPL popularity rankings<\/strong><\/a>, holding nearly a third of the total language share as of June 2020.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Python’s nearest competitors in the PYPL rankings – Java and Javascript – both declined in popularity this month.<\/p>\n

Python was one of only two languages in PYPL’s top 10 to show popularity growth this month – the other being 10th-placed TypeScript, which replaced Matlab in the PYPL top 10.<\/p>\n

June 2020 rankings<\/h3>\n

The top 10 programming languages for June 2020, according to the Tiobe Index and PYPL rankings, are detailed below.<\/p>\n

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June 2020<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tiobe Index<\/strong><\/td>\nChange YoY<\/strong><\/td>\nPYPL Ranking<\/strong><\/td>\nChange YoY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/strong><\/td>\n+3.89%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/strong><\/td>\n+4.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Java<\/strong><\/td>\n+1.10%<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/strong><\/td>\n-2.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Python<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.16%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nJavaScript<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.2%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C++<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.43%<\/strong><\/td>\nC#<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C#<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.24%<\/strong><\/td>\nPHP<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.9%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visual Basic<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.07%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nC\/C++<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JavaScript<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.44%<\/strong><\/td>\nR<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.1%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHP<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.3%<\/strong><\/td>\nObjective-C<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R<\/strong><\/td>\n+1.27%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nSwift<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.1%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SQL<\/strong><\/td>\n-0.5%<\/strong><\/td>\nTypeScript<\/strong><\/td>\n+0.2%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Calculating the rankings<\/h3>\n