Language Rankings Comparison
Top 10 Languages across RedMonk, PYPL, and IEEE Spectrum (2024)
| # | Language | RedMonk (Jan 2024) | PYPL (Mar 2025) | IEEE (2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | JavaScript | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Java | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | TypeScript | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | C# | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | C++ | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | C | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | PHP | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | Go | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Rust | 13 | 9 | 8 |
GitHub Language Activity
Top 10 Languages by GitHub pull requests (GitHut 2.0, Q4 2024)
| # | Language | PRs (%) | Issues (%) | Pushes (%) | Stars (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 21.0 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 24.1 |
| 2 | JavaScript | 16.5 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 13.2 |
| 3 | TypeScript | 14.2 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 16.8 |
| 4 | Java | 8.6 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 5.8 |
| 5 | Go | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.2 |
| 6 | Rust | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 8.5 |
| 7 | C++ | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 8 | PHP | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| 9 | C# | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 10 | Ruby | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
Package Registry Growth
Total packages by registry (log scale)
Sources
RedMonk Language Rankings Jan 2024
Biannual composite of GitHub activity + Stack Overflow discussion. Published since 2010.
PYPL Index Mar 2025
Monthly index from Google Trends tutorial search data. Covers languages, IDEs, ORMs, and databases.
IEEE Spectrum Rankings 2024 edition
Annual interactive ranking combining GitHub, Google, Stack Overflow, Twitter, and job data. Customizable weighting.
GitHut 2.0 Q4 2024
Quarterly GitHub language stats from PRs, issues, pushes, and stars.
Stack Overflow Trends Live
Question share by tag over time. Compare up to 15 tags interactively.
GitHub Octoverse Oct 2024
Annual open-source report. Top languages, contributor growth, and global activity across 100M+ developers.
modulecounts Inactive
Tracked total packages across npm, PyPI, Maven Central, RubyGems, crates.io, NuGet, and more. The deployed site is no longer available, but historical data and source code remain in the GitHub repository.
npm trends Live
Compare npm package download counts over time for competing JS libraries.
PyPI Stats Live
Per-package daily/weekly/monthly Python downloads with Python version and OS breakdowns. API available.
GitHub Innovation Graph Q3 2024
Developer activity and languages by country/territory. Downloadable as CSV.