Python is inching its way to the top spot in the monthly Tiobe index of language popularity, finishing just 0.16 percentage points behind the leader, the C language, in the September edition of ...

October saw Python at No. 3 with the largest year-over-year growth percentage in the top 50 languages. Java, still at second place in October, had the largest negative year-over-year growth rate ...

Python first took the top spot in the index last October, becoming the only language besides Java and C to hold the No. 1 position. “Python seems to be unstoppable,” said the Tiobe commentary ...

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.