Java's done really well. It's in lots of things: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-ind...

kchr · 2024-11-11T12:08:15 1731326895

From the TIOBE site[0]:

> Since there are many questions about the way the TIOBE index is assembled, a special page is devoted to its definition. Basically the calculation comes down to counting hits for the search query > > +"<language> programming"

I don't think the popularity of a programming language could be measured by how many hits it has on search engines. For example, it may well be that 50% of those hits are forum posts from people being frustrated because the language sucks. In addition, the fact that a language is in use in a lot of existing systems says little about when that code were written, and which options were available at that time.

[0] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programminglanguages_defin...

peutetre · 2024-11-11T12:22:15 1731327735

Use whatever index you like. Java's always in the top languages.

Here's RedMonk's: https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/09/12/language-rankings-6-2...

Here's GitHub's: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/

lenkite · 2024-11-12T06:00:44 1731391244

In addition to the above

PyPL https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html. Java is #2. Jobs

Job scene scraped over 21 months over 2023-24. Java is #3

https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-prog...