# Python Named Programming Language of the Year by 'Somewhat Dubious' TIOBE Index **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** seo, technology\ **Created:** [January 11, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/python-named-programming-language-of-the-year-by-somewhat-dubious-tiobe-index/169450 "2021-01-11T14:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/3/3/33221c1486780da8f1a4dfee27b03469ee57e722.jpeg) Programming columnist Mike Melanson [describes the announcement of this year’s programming language of the year](https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-github-opens-back-up-to-iran/): _The TIOBE Index, the somewhat [dubious](https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-ignore-the-rumors-of-cs-meteoric-rise/) ranking of programming language popularity according to search engine results, has announced its yearly proclamation of “language of the year,” [with the award going to Python for the fourth time in its history](https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/) [more than any other programming language]._ _The title, the project leads write, “is awarded to the programming language that has gained most popularity in one year,” with Python moving up 2.01% in 2020, which they attribute to “the ease of learning the language and its high productivity,” alongside its numerous use cases._ C++ “is a very close runner up” for programming language of the year, TIOBE tells us, "with an increase of 1.99%. Other winners are C (+1.66%), Groovy (+1.23%) and R (+1.10%)… “What else happened in the TIOBE index in 2020? C has become number 1 again, beating Java. Java lost almost 5% in only 1 year.”