Lua

Created by PUC-Rio in 1993

Rank

#15

Score

5.1—

Lightweight scripting language for embedding

ProceduralObject-orientedFunctional

Key Statistics

Current Rank

#15

Popularity Score

5.1

out of 100

First Released

1993

33 years ago

Created by PUC-Rio in 1993

Contribution by data source (Total: 5.1)

GitHub(20% weight)

7.1139.0%

Stack Overflow(20% weight)

0.48.6%

Job Postings(15% weight)

2.446.5%

Tutorials(5% weight)

5.8112.9%

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	#15	5.1