Throughout time

The Most Popular Programming Languages – 1965/2022

Looking at the most popular programming languages throughout history.

The first most popular programming language, in 2020, is Python. In second place we find Javascript and in third place Java. In terms of popularity these first three languages have a value (calculated as explained at the bottom) of 26.78, 23.66 and 22.15. From fourth place onwards we find other programming languages such as C#, PHP, C++, R and with a value that varies from 8.35 points to 2 and a half of Kotln.

However, as of 1 January 2022, the most popular programming language is Python. Python has a rating of 13.58%. This is an increase of +1.86 compared to January 2021. Thanks to this change, Python has moved from third position to first. In second place is C, which has a rating of 12.44%, a decrease of -4.94% compared to the previous year. Because of this change, C moved from first to second place. In third position is Java with 10.66% ratings and a change of -1.30%. Java moved from second place in 2021 to third place in January 2022. C++, C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, Assembly Langyage, SQL and SQL in tenth position with 1.80% are also in the top 10.

But let's go back to the beginning! Fortran, formerly FORTRAN, was first commercially released in 1957, making it the oldest programming language still in use. The programming language was originally developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus.

In late 1953, Backus submitted a proposal to his superiors at IBM to develop a more practical alternative to assembly language for programming their IBM 704 mainframe computer. A year later, Fortran was ready for use and was released to the public three years later.