JavaScript

Created by Brendan Eich in 1995

Rank

Score

39.7▲1

The language of the web, running in every browser

Event-drivenFunctionalPrototype-based

Key Statistics

Current Rank

▲1

Popularity Score

39.7

out of 100

First Released

1995

31 years ago

Trend Direction

↗ Rising

26.4 pts

Created by Brendan Eich in 1995

39.726.413.1

Feb 22Apr 5May 10

Composite score over the last 12 weeks

Contribution by data source (Total: 39.7)

GitHub(20% weight)

53.7135.3%

Stack Overflow(20% weight)

40.7102.6%

Job Postings(15% weight)

75.5190.3%

Tutorials(5% weight)

88.8223.7%

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