Most used programming languages among developers worldwide 2024

Most used programming languages among developers worldwide as of 2024

CharacteristicShare of respondents
JavaScript 62.3%
HTML/CSS 52.9%
Python 51%
SQL 51%
TypeScript 38.5%
Bash/Shell (all shells) 33.9%
Java 30.3%
C# 27.1%
C++ 23%
C 20.3%
PHP 18.2%
PowerShell 13.8%
Go 13.5%
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Release date

July 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

May 19 to June 20, 2024

Number of respondents

60,171 respondents

Special properties

Software developers

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Which programming, scripting, and markup languages have you done extensive development work in over the past year, and which do you want to work in over the next year? (If you both worked with the language and want to continue to do so, please check both boxes in that row.)"

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