Perl

Created by Larry Wall in 1987

Rank

#17

Score

1.8—

General-purpose interpreted language

ProceduralObject-orientedFunctional

Key Statistics

Current Rank

#17

Popularity Score

1.8

out of 100

First Released

1987

39 years ago

Created by Larry Wall in 1987

Contribution by data source (Total: 1.8)

GitHub(20% weight)

2.6143.7%

Stack Overflow(20% weight)

1.370.7%

Job Postings(15% weight)

2.5136.4%

Tutorials(5% weight)

9.4523.9%

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	#17	1.8