Redmonk have announced their language rankings for January 2017, and Python has moved up to third most popular language:
http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/03/17/language-rankings-1-17/ Note that the way Redmonk calculate the rankings have changed, so you cannot directly compare the previous ranking with these. Other languages of note: - Rust, Typescript and Powershell are three languages showing high levels of growth in popularity; - Despite entering the "Trough Of Disillusionment" phase of the hype cycle, Swift's popularity continues to grow. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
