The Most Popular Programming Languages

Python tutorials were the most searched for language on Google. A quarter of Google searches for programming tutorials were for Python so far this January, according to the PYPL Index. This a 5 percent increase when compared to a year ago, showing a continued and growing interest in the language.

About a fifth of Google searches for programming tutorials were for Java, the second most popular language. Year-over-year there was a slight downward trend in interest for Java tutorials. Javascript, C#, and PHP round out the top five most searched for language tutorials on Google.