Python has scored its highest score ever, 18.04%, in Tiobe’s index of programming language reputation for August 2024. Python turned the primary language to succeed in 18% mark since Java in November 2016. Java nonetheless holds the best score ever within the index, at 26.49% in June 2001.
Today Python is firmly established because the index’s prime language, first climbing to the primary spot in October 2021. “The rise [of Python] is primarily because there is huge demand for software engineers and Python is the ‘easiest to learn’ mature general-purpose programming language available,” mentioned Paul Jansen, CEO of software program high quality firm Tiobe. “So all newcomers in the field start with Python.”
The August 2024 index was printed August 4. Python now has an eight-point lead over second-place C++, which has a score of 10.04%. Also within the August index, the Rust language, which reached its highest spot ever final month at 13th place, dropped to 14th place. “Don’t worry about the drop of Rust,” Jansen mentioned. “Next month it will rise again,” he predicted.
