Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings.

Python ranks as the second most popular programming language in the November index, with C first and Java slipping to third place ...

Demand for Python continues to grow and now for the first time ever, it has managed to overtake Java to become the second-most popular programming language in Tiobe's latest index. The TIOBE ...

Python is tying with Java as the second most popular programming language behind JavaScript, according to developer analyst RedMonk's latest ranking.

For the second year in a row, the Tiobe index identified Python as the programming language whose popularity increased the most.