Only twice in TIOBE Programming Index history has a language commanded such a high percentage of developers’ interest.

A programming language has held such a high share of public interest only twice in the index’s history, decades ago: In June 2001 and October 2001, Java held a higher share than Python does in 2025.

Java’s reign as the top programming language is in jeopardy as Python has been steadily rising the chats. In TIOBE’s latest top programming language Index Python has surpassed C++ and is now ...