February 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still far ahead, C strengthening in second, C# rising, and R holding the top 10 as rankings compress.

Python is the first programming language to climb to an 18% rating since Java, which rated 18% nearly eight years ago. Python has scored its highest rating ever, 18.04%, in Tiobe’s index of ...

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TIOBE Index for February 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent February’s TIOBE Index shows a leaderboard that looks steady at first glance, but small shifts beneath ...

In the following example, we loop through a list of numbers, and use the variable digit to hold each number in turn: Strings in Python are considered “sequences” — they can be iterated over, and the ...

C# was named TIOBE's Programming Language of the Year after recording the largest year-over-year gain in the index. Python continues to rank first in the TIOBE index, while C, Java, and C++ saw ...