Most Used Programming Languages (2024)
The top 10 most widely used programming languages among professional developers in 2024, based on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Percentages indicate the share of respondents who used the language in the past year.
Data
| # | Language | % of Respondents | Primary Use Case | First Appeared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JavaScript | 62.3% | Web front-end & back-end | 1995 |
| 2 | Python | 51.0% | Data science, scripting, web | 1991 |
| 3 | TypeScript | 38.5% | Typed JavaScript superset | 2012 |
| 4 | Java | 30.3% | Enterprise, Android | 1995 |
| 5 | C# | 27.1% | .NET applications, games | 2000 |
| 6 | C++ | 23.0% | Systems, games, performance | 1985 |
| 7 | C | 20.2% | Systems, embedded | 1972 |
| 8 | Shell | 19.5% | Scripting, automation | 1971 |
| 9 | Go | 13.5% | Cloud, microservices | 2009 |
| 10 | Kotlin | 9.4% | Android, JVM | 2011 |
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024. Based on responses from ~65,000 professional developers worldwide.