TIOBE Index October 2022: Python, Java, C, and C++ Remain Top Four While Rust Re‑enters the Top 20

The TIOBE Index is a programming language popularity metric that aggregates data from the number of skilled engineers, courses, and third‑party vendors worldwide, using major search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube, and Baidu to calculate its rankings.

In the October 2022 headline, the four major languages—Python, Java, C, and C++—continue to dominate, together accounting for about 55% of the market share, a significant increase from the previous year’s 40%. Java’s main rival C# is losing ground, while Python’s competitors R and Ruby remain relatively stable. Rust re‑appears in the top 20 with a 0.70% share, driven by its focus on performance and type safety and by Google’s adoption of Rust for low‑level Android components.

All statistical charts are sourced from the official TIOBE website; the images shown are for reference only and the official site should be consulted for the exact figures.

Historical review of programming language popularity over the years is illustrated with additional charts.

Note on naming: the terms "Visual Basic" and "(Visual) Basic" were historically used interchangeably until 2010, after which the latter was split into various dialects such as Visual Basic .NET, Classic Visual Basic, PureBasic, and Small Basic; today "Visual Basic" generally refers to Visual Basic .NET.

SQL, despite being an ancient language, had not appeared in the TIOBE Index for a long time; it was added in 2018 after being recognized as Turing‑complete, resulting in a brief presence in the index.

The report also lists the annual programming language rankings for 2022, accompanied by a summary chart.

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