Programming language mindshare according to Google
- C++, 634000 (new).
- Java, 529000 (new).
- C, 306000 (new).
- Perl, 244000 (new).
- BASIC, 145000 (new).
- PHP, 109000 (new, min 107000).
- Visual Basic, 85500 (new).
- JavaScript, 52600 (new).
- C#, 48000 (new).
- Python, 26600 (new).
- Delphi, 22000 (new).
- COBOL, 19700 (new).
- Fortran, 17400 (new).
- Assembly, 16900 (new).
- Pascal, 15900 (new).
- Ada, 15300 (new).
The rules to get on the list are:
- The number of hits you get when searching for the name followed by
the word programming, in quotes, with Google must be higher than the
currently lowest placed name.
- The hits should be dominated by a a single programming language.
- Name variations and pseudonymes are treated as separate entries.
- Any questionable cases are decided by the list maintainer.
The following names didn't make the list:
- Lisp, 12800.
- Prolog, 11700.
- Scheme, 10400.
- AWK, 8480.
- Self, 7180.
- MATLAB, 6490.
- LOGO, 5240.
- B, 5120.
- Dylan, 5010.
- Icon, 4720.
- Ruby, 4170.
- Smalltalk, 3720.
- APL, 3590.
- FORTH, 3400.
- ML, 3370.
- REXX, 3070.
- TCL, 3030.
- BETA, 1950.
- AutoLISP, 1880.
- Postscript, 1680.
- Common Lisp, 1640.
- Eiffel, 1360.
- Emacs Lisp, 1270.
- PL/I, 1180.
- Haskell, 1140.
- Erlang, 1080.
- Ocaml, 1030.
- Objective C, 1010.
- Occam, 972.
- Modula 2, 756 (min 755 hits).
- Lua, 745.
- Oberon, 587.
- HyperCard, 452.
- Simula, 442.
- Algol, 425.
- Object Pascal, 393.
- SML, 377.
- Caml, 351.
- INTERCAL, 348.
- Snobol, 299.
- Modula 3, 261.
- Comal, 200.
- Sather, 173.
- Emerald, 158.
- Miranda, 124.
- BLISS, 86.
- Modula, 78.
- BCPL, 77.
- Chill, 69.
- Simula 67, 46.
- F#, 8.
Generated: Thu Nov 13 18:03:09 CET 2003
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