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Language Trends
Weekly movement in programming language popularity. Updated every Tuesday from 7 independent data sources.
Current data as of May 24, 2026 · 8 weeks of history
R is this week's biggest mover, climbing 6 spots to #7. C# saw the steepest decline, dropping 1 place to #8. Overall, 8 languages changed rank compared to last week.
This Week's Movers
“Python remains the world's most popular programming language this week, leading across all 7 data sources we track.”
Source: LangPop · langpop.com/trends
Score Trajectories
Composite scores for the top languages over time. Higher is more popular.
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JavaScript
C++
Java
TypeScript
Composite score = weighted average across GitHub, job postings, Stack Overflow, Google Trends, packages, Reddit, and tutorials. See methodology
Current Snapshot
| Rank | Language | Change | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Python | — | 56.7 |
| #2 | JavaScript | — | 40.3 |
| #3 | C++ | — | 38.8 |
| #4 | Java | — | 32.7 |
| #5 | TypeScript | — | 27.8 |
| #6 | Go | — | 21.3 |
| #7 | R | ▲6 | 20.7 |
| #8 | C# | ▼1 | 18.5 |
| #9 | Rust | ▼1 | 16.3 |
| #10 | PHP | ▼1 | 15.2 |
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