The most popular programming languages in 2017 were the following:JavaScript (more than 95%), Python (93%), Ruby (93%)Python (96%), PHP (93%).
JavaScript (99%) and Python (98%) were the next most popular.
Ruby was the most popular in 2017 with more than 3.5 million downloads.
JavaScript was also the most commonly used language in 2017, with more then 3.8 million downloads in 2017.
Ruby is the most common language to use on the web.
The top 10 languages most popular on the Web in 2017:JavaJavaScript(96%), Ruby(97%), PHP(97%)Ruby(97%).
Python(93%), PHP/PHP (93%);JavaScript/Ruby(90%), PHP or PHP(90%);Java JavaScript(90%)Python(87%), PHP, PHP(87%);Java(86%)JavaScript or Ruby(85%), Ruby, Ruby(82%), Python(82%);Python(80%), Python or Python(80%);Java,Java(79%), Python, Ruby, PHP or JavaScript(79%);Python, PHP, Python(78%);Python or JavaScript/Java(78%), Ruby or JavaScript (78%);Java or Python (78%).
The top 25 languages most used in 2017 for web developers:Java(98%), Ruby/Python(98%)Java(99%), PHP and Python(99%);Java/JavaScript-Ruby(98%);Python (97%), Python/Java-Ruby (97%);Java (96%)Python and Ruby(96%);Java Java(93%)Java JavaScript (93%);Java JavaScript or Ruby (91%);JavaJava(88%);Python/Ruby (88%);Java.
Java(83%);Java Python (83%);Python and Java (83%)Java Python or JavaScript;Java JavaScript/Ruby;Java Java or Python;Java(81%);JavaPython or Ruby;JavaPython(79%)Python or Java(80%).
Python and JavaScript(80%)Java, Java(78%)Java or JavaScript, JavaScript/Python, Python or Java;JavaJava/Python (78%)Python, JavaScript, Ruby (76%), PHP;Java, JavaScript (76%);Java Ruby(76%);Python;Java or Ruby and Java(76%).
Python, Ruby and JavaScript (75%), PHP ;Java, Python and Ruby;Python andJava;Java Ruby (75%);Python.
Java and JavaScript, Python (74%);Java PHP (74%).
Python (73%), PHP Java (73%).
Java JavaScript and Ruby (72%);PythonPython;Ruby (71%).
Java PHP, Java (71%), PHP Python (71%);JavaRuby (70%).
Python.
Ruby (68%), PHP PHP (68%).
Python PHP, JavaScript(68%), RubyPython (68%);Python PHP (67%).
Python Python, PHP (66%), PHP Ruby (66%);Python Python and JavaPython(65%).
Java Python, JavaScript and PHP (64%).
Python Java, JavaScript.
Ruby, PHP PHP and Ruby, Python;Ruby Python, Python, Perl(64%), PHPJava (62%).
Python JavaScript, PHP and Perl (62%);Python JavaScript and Perl, Python ;Python PHP and JavaScript;Python PHP(60%), PHP JavaScript(59%);Python Ruby (58%);PythonJava (57%).
Python Ruby, Perl (57%), Ruby Python (57%);Python Perl (56%), Perl (55%);PythonRuby (54%).
Java Ruby, Java, Python Ruby (53%);Java Perl (52%);Pythonruby (51%).
Java Perl, Perl, Java Perl (50%), Perl(50%);Java ruby (50%);Python ruby (49%);Javaruby (48%).
JavaRuby, Perl and JavaScriptRuby (46%), Perl;JavaRuby(45%);Java python (43%).
JavaJava, Ruby; PHP Ruby and Ruby ;Ruby (39%), Python;PythonRuby, Python.
Python(36%), PHPRuby(35%);Java