Nov 2025 TIOBE: Python leads. C holds #2; C++ and Java dip as C# nears Java. Lower ranks shuffle — Perl returns, SQL at #10, and Go drops from the top 10. Image: christiancabarrocas/Envato The ...

C# saw the largest increase in ranking in the index year over year, while Java held steady, C and C++ swapped positions, R and Perl rose, and Go and Ruby faded. Microsoft’s C# has won the Tiobe Index ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...

For the second time in three years, C# has been awarded the accolade TIOBE Programming Language of the Year by virtue of have achieved the largest year-on-year increase in its ranking on the TIOBE ...

C# 14, the latest Long Term Support release of the .NET language was released this week as part of .NET 10. Currently in fifth position in the TIOBE Index rankings it looks set to overtake Java and it ...