Pierre Carbonnelle: C# is the language of the year, Python of the decade

The page reports that C# had the highest growth in popularity this year, while Python had the highest growth this decade. It ties both claims to the PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index, which uses Google Trends data from searches for language tutorials.

It also says Python is the second most popular programming language in the US, behind Java and ahead of PHP, C++ and C, according to a 2012 Google Trends chart.

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• C# had the highest growth in popularity this year, at 2.3%.
• Python had the highest growth this decade, at 8%.
• The PYPL index is based on Google Trends searches for language tutorials.
• The more a tutorial is searched, the more the language is assumed to be popular.
• Python is described as the second most popular programming language in the US.
• In the US chart for 2012, Python is ahead of PHP, C++ and C, but behind Java.