JavaScript

Created by Brendan Eich in 1995

Rank

Score

40.2—

The language of the web, running in every browser

Event-drivenFunctionalPrototype-based

Key Statistics

Current Rank

Popularity Score

40.2

out of 100

First Released

1995

31 years ago

Created by Brendan Eich in 1995

Contribution by data source (Total: 40.2)

GitHub(20% weight)

52.1129.7%

Stack Overflow(20% weight)

40.9101.8%

Google Trends(15% weight)

4.010.0%

Job Postings(15% weight)

75.5187.9%

Tutorials(5% weight)

88.8221.1%

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

Period	Rank	Score
Feb 2026Current	#2	40.2