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The TIOBE Programming Language Rankings for August 2025 have been released, with the officialheadline:AI Programming Assistants Boost Python to New Heights!
In recent years, Python has been climbing the ranks of programming languages, reaching the highest point in TIOBE’s history.
Every time it seems Python has reached its peak, the development of artificial intelligence has allowed Python to make a new leap.
According to recent research by Stanford University researcher Yegor Denisov-Blanch, AI code assistants like Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, and Google Gemini Code Assist have improved efficiency by about 20% when using popular programming languages.
There are so many AI programming tools!
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Internationally: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains AI Assistant, Google Gemini CLI, etc.
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Domestically: Tongyi Lingma, Fitten Code, CodeGeex, CodeBuddy, Trae, Wenxin Kuai Ma, etc.
The reason is quite simple: popular languages have a vast amount of code data that AI models can “feast on” during training, allowing them to provide more accurate and efficient assistance.
Thus, the TIOBE rankings have shown the phenomenon of the “strong getting stronger”: top contenders are boosted by AI, while those in the back are burdened with a “nobody cares” debuff. Why would anyone choose to explore niche languages that even StackOverflow can’t provide answers for, when mainstream languages with AI support, comprehensive documentation, and libraries richer than bubble tea ingredients are available?The latest TIOBE rankings have been revealedPython, C++,C,Java, C#, JavaScript, these languages almost monopolize the top six rankings.Other programming languages like Go, Perl, Delphi, Fortran, SQL, Ada are engaged in a monthly ranking tug-of-war, showcasing the “Twilight of the Gods” in the programming world.
Visual Basic, SQL, Fortran, Ada, Perl, Delphi… these old languages may have been removed from resumes, but they are still fiercely competing for a spot in the “top ten”.
Today VB is up, tomorrow Delphi might surge again, Fortran and Perl are like cockroaches that refuse to die, neither aging nor giving up.
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Visual Basic survives due to legacy enterprise systems
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SQL is irreplaceable as the cornerstone of databases
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Fortran is deeply rooted in scientific computing
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Ada is regaining attention due to its safety features
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Perl still has a strong presence in the Linux operations ecosystem
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Delphi remains steadfast in desktop development
Logically, Rust is safe, Kotlin is beautiful, Dart is supported by Flutter, and Julia is the new darling of data science, but the reality is that they still haven’t made it into the TIOBE top ten.
It’s not that they aren’t good enough, but the “old guards” are too resilient, as SQL and Fortran have not been replaced in certain fields.
Ada is making a strong comeback in high-safety scenarios like aerospace and military, and while it may not be as popular as Python or Java, in systems where “zero tolerance for errors” is required, Ada is an irreplaceable veteran. In recent years, with increasing demands for system safety, Ada has gradually “revived”.
Python is becoming increasingly dominant — “My father is AI, my mother is data analysis, I was born with a cheat code, writing code at lightning speed, and bugs run away from me!”Is Python aiming to unify the entire programming world and reign supreme?～～～The gap between second place C++ and Python is nearly 17%! It’s a sheer cliff of a lead~
Everyone knows Python’s biggest drawback — it’s slow, really slow; running a loop can make a programmer go grab a cup of coffee and come back.
So some people complain:
“Functions written in Python can be completed by C++ before you even hit enter.”
But the problem is, who cares when it’s so comfortable to write!
Who cares when the community is active, the ecosystem is complete, and libraries are as abundant as cows?
Who cares when AI is hot, and Python is the officially designated “AI language”?
Thus, a strange phenomenon arises — everyone complains about its slowness, yet everyone uses it.
So, will Python really unify the programming world?
If one day Python makes a significant leap in performance, with JIT compilation soaring and even GPU acceleration… other languages will have to kneel~
This month, the top ten rankings are:
Python, C++, C, Java, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Go, Perl, Delphi/Object Pascal.
Perl has made significant progress this year; could it be that the Perl programmers have all retired, and new talent needs to learn it?
Python, C++, C, Java, C#, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Go, Perl, Delphi/Object Pascal historical trend:
The rankings from 11 to 20 are as follows:
Rankings for programming languages 21-50:
51-100 programming languages: ActionScript, Algol, Alice, Apex, B4X, Clojure, Crystal, Curl, D, Elm, F#, Forth, Groovy, Hack, Icon, Inform, Io, J, JScript, Logo, Modula-2, Mojo, MQL5, NATURAL, Nim, Oberon, OCaml, Occam, OpenCL, PL/I, Q, Racket, Raku, REXX, Ring, RPG, S, Scheme, Simulink, Smalltalk, SPARK, Stata, SystemVerilog, Tcl, Transact-SQL, Vala/Genie, VHDL, Wolfram, Xojo, Zig.The historical rankings of programming languages (1988-2025):
The “Hall of Fame” of programming languages (2003-2024):
TIOBE releases the programming language rankings monthly, based on the number of global technical engineers, courses, and third-party vendors, including popular search engines and technical communities such as Google, Baidu, and Wikipedia.The data reflects the changing trends of mainstream programming languages and can serve as a reference for our learning and work, but each language has its own suitable application scenarios, so there is no need to be overly concerned, as the quality of a language depends on how it is used.Reference link: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/—END—