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Language Trends
Weekly movement in programming language popularity. Updated every Tuesday from 7 independent data sources.
Current data as of May 31, 2026 · 8 weeks of history
PHP is this week's biggest mover, climbing 5 spots to #5. C++ saw the steepest decline, dropping 1 place to #4. Overall, 10 languages changed rank compared to last week.
This Week's Movers
“Python remains the world's most popular programming language this week, leading across all 7 data sources we track.”
Source: LangPop · langpop.com/trends
Score Trajectories
Composite scores for the top languages over time. Higher is more popular.
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Python
JavaScript
Java
C++
PHP
Composite score = weighted average across GitHub, job postings, Stack Overflow, Google Trends, packages, Reddit, and tutorials. See methodology
Current Snapshot
| Rank | Language | Change | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Python | — | 48.6 |
| #2 | JavaScript | — | 40.0 |
| #3 | Java | ▲1 | 32.1 |
| #4 | C++ | ▼1 | 29.2 |
| #5 | PHP | ▲5 | 28.7 |
| #6 | TypeScript | ▼1 | 27.9 |
| #7 | R | — | 20.6 |
| #8 | Go | ▼2 | 19.3 |
| #9 | C# | ▼1 | 16.8 |
| #10 | Rust | ▼1 | 15.9 |
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