In November, Python remains at the top of the TIOBE index, while Dart breaks into the top 20 for the first time ever.
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“Dart has entered the TIOBE top 20 for the first time in its history,” announced Paul Jansen, CEO of TIOBE Software, in the November edition of the programming language popularity ranking. The list continues to be led by Python, even though the language has slipped by more than two percentage points compared with a year ago.
Pointed out last month as one of the contenders for a top-20 spot—alongside the likes of OCaml—Dart, the language developed by Google since 2011, jumps six places and makes the list this month, a move the CEO called “unexpected.” Jansen credits this advancement largely to Flutter, Google’s cross-platform mobile application framework. “There is nothing intrinsically radical about the Dart language itself, although it incorporates many features found in modern programming languages,” he noted. “Its rise is owed in large part to the robust Flutter ecosystem and the convenience of building apps for multiple platforms from a single codebase.”
By contrast, Julia, which returned to the top 20 last month and is known for its high performance and relatively gentle learning curve, slips back down to 23rd place.
The 20 Most Popular Programming Languages in November 2026
Beyond Dart and Julia, “other movements are worth noting,” the TIOBE CEO adds. Delphi/Object Pascal and Perl have dropped out of the top ten, making room for Go, while Visual Basic has slipped two rungs, allowing R and SQL to move up to 7th and 8th places, respectively. Java, up 0.3 percentage points since November 2025, climbs onto the podium at the expense of C++. C# posts the largest monthly drop — losing over four points — but remains in fifth place.
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According to TIOBE Software, the 20 programming languages most favored by developers in November 2026 are:
- Python (= same position as November 2025)
- C (=)
- Java (+1)
- C++ (-1)
- C# (=)
- JavaScript (=)
- R (+5)
- SQL (+2)
- Visual Basic (-2)
- Go (+1)
- Rust (+3)
- PHP (+4)
- Fortran (=)
- Scratch (+5)
- Perl (-6)
- MATLAB (-1)
- Assembly language (+1)
- Swift (+3)
- Delphi/Object Pascal (-11)
- Dart (+6)
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How Does TIOBE Software Rank Programming Languages?
Since 2001, TIOBE Software has produced this monthly ranking by measuring the number of search results returned by a variety of search engines and online sources, including Google, Wikipedia and Amazon. “More than twenty other sources are used to compute the scores,” the company explains. A language’s position in the index does not indicate its technical quality or the volume of code written in it. “It is an indicator of popularity,” TIOBE says. The index can help developers verify that their programming skills remain relevant or guide the choice of a language when starting a new project.
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