as retrieved from Google (the PYPL survey). I'll detail each survey in a bit. ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity To compile the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity ...

Python has scaled to the top of the monthly PyPL language popularity index, overtaking Java. Also on the rise, in the rival Tiobe index, is Scala, which has again cracked the index’s Top 20.

But wait. Not so fast. The rival “PYPL Index” (PopularitY of Programming Languages) says that Python and Java are co-kings, and C (which is lumped in with C++, surprisingly) is way down the list.