Top 100 Programming Languages Popularity Index

We monitor everything that's posted on Reddit, HackerNews & Dev.to.
Based on that data, we have compiled our list of the most popular programming languages.

Top 100 Programming Languages
by social mentions

Rank
Today
Change
Rank
2024 Jul
Programming Language
Rating
1 2 17.99%
2 1 16.49%
3 - 3 10.64%
4 - 4
Go
9.63%
5 - 5 7.59%
6 7
C
4.90%
7 6
C++
4.69%
8 - 8 3.03%
9 ↑↑ 11 2.82%
10 - 10
C#
2.31%
11 ↓↓ 9 2.28%
12 - 12 2.09%
13 - 13 1.53%
14 - 14
PHP
1.38%
15 - 15 0.90%
16 - 16 0.77%
17 18
CSS
0.75%
18 17
Lua
0.53%
19 ↑↑ 12 31
Zig
0.45%
20 - 20 0.43%
21 22
Vue
0.42%
22 ↑↑ 7 29
HCL
0.39%
23 24 0.36%
24 ↓↓↓ 21 0.33%
25 ↓↓ 23 0.33%
26 ↓↓ 7 19 0.30%
27 - 27 0.28%
28 - 28 0.28%
29 ↓↓↓ 26
Nix
0.25%
30 ↑↑ 5 35 0.25%
31 ↑↑ 9 40
MDX
0.23%
32 ↑↑ 4 36 0.22%
33 34 0.21%
34 ↑↑ 7 41
TeX
0.21%
35 ↓↓↓ 32 0.21%
36 ↓↓ 6 30 0.21%
37 ↑↑ 39 0.21%
38 ↓↓ 5 33 0.21%
39 ↓↓ 14 25 0.18%
40 ↓↓↓ 37 0.17%
41 ↑↑↑ 44 0.17%
42 ↑↑↑ 45 0.14%
43 ↑↑ 27 70 0.11%
44 ↑↑ 17 61 0.11%
45 ↑↑ 47 0.11%
46 ↑↑ 64 110 0.11%
47 48
F#
0.09%
48 ↑↑ 11 59 0.08%
49 ↑↑ 17 66 0.08%
50 ↓↓ 12 38
Nim
0.08%
51 ↑↑ 22 73 0.07%
52 ↑↑ 10 62 0.07%
53 ↓↓ 4 49 0.06%
54 ↓↓↓ 51 0.06%
55 54 0.06%
56 ↑↑ 15 71
Elm
0.06%
57 - 57 0.06%
58 ↓↓↓ 55 0.05%
59 60 0.05%
60 ↑↑ 14 74 0.05%
61 ↓↓↓ 58 0.05%
62 ↑↑ 7 69 0.05%
63 ↑↑ 12 75 0.05%
64 ↑↑ 8 72
V
0.05%
65 ↓↓ 19 46
R
0.05%
66 ↓↓↓ 63 0.04%
67 ↓↓ 24 43 0.04%
68 ↓↓ 12 56 0.04%
69 ↓↓ 27 42 0.04%
70 ↓↓ 20 50 0.04%
71 ↑↑ 5 76 0.04%
72 ↓↓ 20 52 0.04%
73 ↓↓ 8 65 0.03%
74 ↑↑ 24 98 0.03%
75 ↑↑ 77 0.03%
76 ↑↑ 7 83 0.03%
77 ↑↑ 35 112 0.03%
78 ↑↑ 16 94
EJS
0.03%
79 ↑↑ 21 100
Ada
0.03%
80 ↑↑ 15 95 0.02%
81 ↓↓↓ 78 0.02%
82 ↓↓ 18 64
D
0.02%
83 ↑↑ 9 92 0.02%
84 ↑↑ 58 142 0.02%
85 ↑↑ 30 115 0.02%
86 ↑↑ 23 109 0.02%
87 ↑↑ 6 93 0.02%
88 ↑↑ 119 207 0.02%
89 ↑↑ 44 133 0.02%
90 ↓↓ 11 79 0.02%
91 ↑↑ 12 103 0.02%
92 ↓↓ 25 67
jq
0.02%
93 ↓↓ 11 82 0.02%
94 ↑↑ 7 101
Coq
0.02%
95 - - 0.02%
96 ↑↑↑ 99 0.01%
97 ↑↑ 14 111 0.01%
98 ↓↓ 8 90 0.01%
99 ↑↑ 14 113 0.01%
100 ↑↑ 83 183 0.01%

We have used 95,971 mentions to prepare this list (collecting data since Dec 2020). The ranking is updated every day at midnight - Pacific Time (US & Canada).

These are all of the other languages that didn't make it to the top:
PureScript, Mojo, Rich Text Format, DIGITAL Command Language, GLSL, Tcl, Cython, Mathematica, Typst, AutoHotkey, Objective-C++, Adblock Filter List, Janet, just, ColdFusion, TSQL, ANTLR, Vala, SystemVerilog, Riot, Less, VHDL, Brainfuck, Tree-sitter Query, COBOL, BASIC, BitBake, Fennel, CodeQL, Ren'Py, QML, Fortran, Awk, APL, reStructuredText, Node.js, Pug, CUE, Arc, Visual Basic 6.0, ShaderLab, BQN, ActionScript, JSON, Circom, Isabelle, Diff, Modula-2, Factor, F*, PEG.js, Text, NSIS, Visual Basic .NET, Processing, TLA, VBScript, PostScript, Max, VBA, Open Policy Agent, AppleScript, Inno Setup, Hack, Perl 6, sed, Red, Chapel, Meson, AGS Script, Sage, Stylus, SQL, SMT, Wikitext, Nushell, Roc, Oberon, Svelte, TypeScript, Python, PLpgSQL, Perl, SQL, PL/ggSQL, JavaScript, Idris, Metal, MoonScript, Game Maker Language, templ, YARA, Hy, Luau, Twig, AutoIt, SRecode Template, Standard ML, ObjectScript, Mermaid, Beef, LilyPond, Reason, Sass, Wren, Modelica, Monkey C, Pkl, Liquid, M4, SuperCollider, UnrealScript, Marko, HolyC, Fluent, XQuery, CartoCSS, KiCad Layout, Classic ASP, Promela, SVG, Cairo, Earthly, Nu, Thrift, Ballerina, GDB, hoon, Terra, PlantUML, JavaScript, Rust, WGSL, G-code, Mint, Toit, TXT, Befunge, Koka, VimL, Agda, Apex, XS, Frege, J, ATS, Arduino, JetBrains MPS, Groff, MoonBit, Futhark, NCL, FLUX, Ragel, Move, LabVIEW, Puppet