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Languages

Since MMXI
Tracked
53
LANGUAGES, ALL-TIME
Active
23
MENTIONED IN SEPTEMBER
Climbing
TypeScript
↑ +4.0 pp SHARE · 5YR
Faded
JavaScript
↓ −1.1 pp SHARE · 5YR
Lede

Every programming language tracked across the monthly “Who is hiring?” thread. Each row below carries its full trajectory — its share of postings from 2011 to today — beside this month’s count. Sort by movement, longevity or name; pick any row to open its history.

ISSUED OCT 16, 2026 · LANGUAGE DIRECTORY
§ 01Directory · ranked by volume
SHARE OF POSTINGS · 2011 — 2026
53 languages · 23 active in September · ranked by volume
01
Python
Since 2011
38
02
TypeScript
Since 2012
30
03
Go
Since 2011
14
04
Rust
Since 2014
13
05
SQL
Since 2011
8
06
GraphQL
Since 2015
8
07
JavaScript
Since 2011
7
08
C++
Since 2011
5
09
C
Since 2011
4
10
Java
Since 2011
3
11
HTML/CSS
Since 2011
3
12
Nix
Since 2011
3
13
C#
Since 2011
2
14
Ruby
Since 2011
1
15
Scala
Since 2011
1
16
Swift
Since 2011
1
17
Clojure
Since 2011
1
18
Elixir
Since 2014
1
19
R
Since 2011
1
20
F#
Since 2012
1
21
Julia
Since 2014
1
22
PowerShell
Since 2015
1
23
Apex (Salesforce)
Since 2011
1
24
PHP
Since 2011
—
25
Sass
Since 2011
—
26
Kotlin
Since 2013
—
27
Objective-C
Since 2011
—
28
Haskell
Since 2011
—
29
Perl
Since 2011
—
30
Hack (Meta)
Since 2011
—
31
Erlang
Since 2011
—
32
Assembly
Since 2011
—
33
Solidity
Since 2016
—
34
Groovy
Since 2011
—
35
Lua
Since 2011
—
36
Scheme
Since 2012
—
37
MATLAB
Since 2012
—
38
Lisp
Since 2012
—
39
OCaml
Since 2012
—
40
Dart
Since 2012
—
41
Ada
Since 2012
—
42
Fortran
Since 2012
—
43
Crystal
Since 2014
—
44
Prolog
Since 2013
—
45
COBOL
Since 2013
—
46
Delphi
Since 2013
—
47
VBA
Since 2015
—
48
Mojo
Since 2013
—
49
Zig
Since 2023
—
50
c++23
Since 2025
—
51
Bash/Shell
Since 2013
—
52
V (Vlang)
Since 2021
—
53
Odin
Since 2023
—