Python stays far ahead; C strengthens at #2, Java edges past C++, C# is 2025’s winner; Delphi returns, R holds #10.

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. li> 1. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after ...

Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index. C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language ...