July 2023 PYPL Rankings: Top Programming Languages, IDEs, and Databases

PYPL (Popularity of Programming Language) released its July 2023 rankings, covering four categories: programming languages, IDEs, ODEs (Online IDEs), and databases, based on Google Trends search frequency.

Programming Language Rankings : The top five are Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, and PHP. Python shows the strongest growth (+4.4%), while Java and PHP fell (-2.1% and -1.1%). Languages with clear upward momentum include Kotlin, Go, Rust, Delphi, TypeScript, and C#. Declining languages include PHP, Ruby, Visual Basic, Scala, Lua, and Haskell. Over the past five years, Python’s share grew 17.9%, making it the most popular, while Java’s share dropped 6.7%.

IDE Rankings : The top five IDEs are Visual Studio, Android Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ. Visual Studio remains the dominant IDE, but Android Studio is rapidly closing the gap (21.92% vs. 21.82%). Visual Studio Code grew 1.2% year‑over‑year. Other growing tools include Android Studio, PyCharm, Xcode, Vim, Emacs, JCreator, Light Table, and Coda 2. Eclipse, despite a high rank, has seen an 18.2% decline over five years, whereas Android Studio grew 18.4%.

Database Rankings : Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB occupy the top five spots. Oracle is the most popular globally but experienced the largest five‑year decline (‑3.5%). Firebase grew the most (+1.8%). MongoDB and PostgreSQL show strong upward trends, and smaller databases such as Redis, SQLite, DB2, and Neo4j are also gaining share.

Online IDE (ODE) Rankings : The leading ODEs are Cloud9, JSFiddle, and Repl.it. The article notes limited domestic popularity of ODEs and therefore provides only the ranking.

Overall, the PYPL data offers a snapshot of current developer preferences, useful for deciding which languages, IDEs, or databases to adopt in new projects.