Python has surpassed Java to become the second-most popular programming language due to use by data scientists and in machine learning.
Demand for Python continues to grow and now for the first time ever, it has managed to overtake Java to become the second-most popular programming language in Tiobe’s latest index. The TIOBE Programming Community index is updated once a month and serves as an indicator of the popularity of programming languages. The index’s ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors globally as well as the results from popular search engines and online services. While C has retained its top spot in the TIOBE Index for November 2020, Python has knocked Java down into third place as the programming language is now favored by developers for both data science and machine learning projects.
