Python ranks second as the second programming language on GitHub, according to the Octoverse report

Robert Sole November 12, 2019

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GitHub Most Popular Languages Report shows the rise of Python, making it the second language on the platform.

The world's largest repository today is GitHub, which was acquired by Microsoft some time ago . They publish a very detailed annual report called "State of the Octoverse ," which contains fascinating figures and data. The data is based on developers, repositories, projects, and programming languages on the platform. Perhaps the most interesting statistic is that 10 million new developers joined in 2019 alone.

GitHub according to the data has 40 million developers and a total of 44 million repositories. More than 370 million different programming languages have been used. Among the most popular we have JavaScript, Python and Java. We also see how the Ruby platform collapses.

Python dethrons Java as second most popular programming language on GitHub

After four years in the third position, Python has passed Java as the most used language. The first programming language is JavaScript, which has been in this position for more than five years.

According to GitHub, this rise was due to the increase in the communities of professionals and data science enthusiasts. In addition to the fact that the tools and frameworks most used on a day-to-day basis are based on this language. Being something similar in what makes the IEEE Spectrum classification this year. Python is the most widely used language here due to the large number of specialized libraries available. Mainly this is due to the Artificial Intelligence market.

C # stands out, which improves a position surpassing C ++, placing itself in the top 5 of programming languages. It should be noted that these two languages have been alternating positions since 2016. The top 10 most used languages in GitHub are closed by TypeScript, Shell, C and Ruby.

Dart's popularity increases

The Octoverse also gives us a very interesting piece of information about the changes in use in programming languages between 2018 and 2019. GitHub compiles the 10 programming languages that have grown the fastest. September 1.

The one that has grown the most is Dart, up 532%. It is followed by Rust with 235% and third place is HCL with 231%. Kotil, TypeScript, PowerShell, Apex, Python, Assenbly, and Go are up 140%. GitHub also says that Dart's growth is due to Flutter being one of the most popular repositories.