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Python

Created by Guido van Rossum in 1991

Rank
#2
Score
16.2

High-level, general-purpose programming language

Object-orientedProceduralFunctional

Key Statistics

Current Rank
#2
Popularity Score
16.2
out of 100
First Released
1991
35 years ago
Trend Direction
↗ Rising
0.0 pts
Created by Guido van Rossum in 1991

Popularity Trend

52.034.116.2
Feb 8Mar 1Mar 22

Composite score over the last 7 weeks

Source Breakdown

Contribution by data source (Total: 16.2)

GitHub(20% weight)
64.9400.0%

Scores are weighted by importance: GitHub (20%), Stack Overflow (20%), Packages (15%), Google Trends (15%), Jobs (15%), Reddit (10%), Tutorials (5%)

Recent History

PeriodRankScore
Mar 2026Current#216.2
Mar 2026#216.2
Mar 2026#216.2
Mar 2026#216.2
Feb 2026#216.2

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