Programming language Python's popularity: Ahead of Java for first time but still trailing C Python is now the second most popular language in the nearly 20-year-old Tiobe index.

For the fourth time in the last ten years, Tiobe has declared Python the overall winner of the year. The language is in a race with C++.

Programming language popularity: Python tightens its grip at the top Python retains its top spot as the most popular language for electrical and electronics engineers.

Explore the fascinating history of the Python programming language, from its inception in the late 1980s to becoming one of the most popular and versatile programming languages today.

The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to the programming language.

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

Python is versatile, simple, and has been a longtime favorite - but its sluggishness, runtime issues, and mobile app development woes doom its future.

Java’s all-time record of 26.5% rating in 2001 is still far away, but Python, TIOBE said, has it all to become the de facto standard programming language for many domains.