Programming language Python's popularity: Ahead of Java for first time but still trailing C Python is now the second most popular language in the nearly 20-year-old Tiobe index.

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index.

Python ranks as the second most popular programming language in the November index, with C first and Java slipping to third place ...

While new programming languages vie for the hearts and minds of cloud-native developers, the future of Java focuses on widespread adoption.