Most Popular Programming Languages
Ranked by Wikipedia monthly pageviews β the real-world attention signal across 8 languages.
100
Ranked
2,513,123
Total Monthly Views
1
English
West Germanic language
367,628
views / year
views / year
2
Spanish
Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula
145,958
views / year
views / year
3
German
West Germanic language
123,759
views / year
views / year
4
French
Romance language
114,389
views / year
views / year
5
Japanese
language spoken in East Asia
110,077
views / year
views / year
6
Latin
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
109,103
views / year
views / year
7
Greek
Indo-European language
106,417
views / year
views / year
8
Russian
East Slavic language
104,853
views / year
views / year
9
Tamil
Dravidian language native to South India and Sri Lanka
89,188
views / year
views / year
10
Ancient Greek
forms of Greek used from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE
88,920
views / year
views / year
11
Hindi
Indo-Aryan language spoken in India
88,389
views / year
views / year
12
Sanskrit
ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia
87,359
views / year
views / year
13
Esperanto
international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof
81,751
views / year
views / year
14
Arabic
Semitic language and lingua franca of the Arab world
81,654
views / year
views / year
15
Irish
language native to Ireland
80,541
views / year
views / year
16
Hebrew
Northwest Semitic language
77,578
views / year
views / year
17
Basque
language of the Basque people
75,007
views / year
views / year
18
Italian
Romance language
72,779
views / year
views / year
19
Korean
language spoken in Korean Peninsula and some parts of North-eastern China
71,167
views / year
views / year
20
Persian
Western Iranian language
68,979
views / year
views / year
21
Aramaic
Semitic language
67,806
views / year
views / year
22
Yiddish
High German-derived language used by Ashkenazi Jews
67,263
views / year
views / year
23
Chinese
language group of the Sinitic languages
66,674
views / year
views / year
24
Simplified Technical English
controlled language developed to help users of maintenance documentation
65,939
views / year
views / year
25
Dutch
West Germanic language
63,834
views / year
views / year
26
Catalan
Western Romance language
63,672
views / year
views / year
27
Telugu
Dravidian language native to South India
63,425
views / year
views / year
28
Portuguese
Western Romance language
62,390
views / year
views / year
29
Welsh
Brittonic language spoken natively in Wales
62,238
views / year
views / year
30
Bangla
Indo-Aryan language mostly spoken in Bangladesh and India
62,002
views / year
views / year
31
Urdu
Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia
60,235
views / year
views / year
32
Afrikaans
West Germanic language evolved from Dutch vernacular in the 17thβ18th century Dutch Cape Colony; spoken primarily in Sou
59,868
views / year
views / year
33
Old English
earliest historical form of English
59,680
views / year
views / year
34
Scots
West Germanic language
56,890
views / year
views / year
35
Proto-Indo-European
proto-language of the Indo-European languages
55,921
views / year
views / year
36
Maltese
Semitic language spoken mostly in Malta
55,684
views / year
views / year
37
Occitan
Romance language of Western Europe
54,895
views / year
views / year
38
Tagalog
Austronesian language; native language of the Tagalog ethnic group
54,739
views / year
views / year
39
Malayalam
Dravidian language of Southern India
52,835
views / year
views / year
40
Mandarin
major branch of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China
51,075
views / year
views / year
41
Indonesian
official language of Indonesia
49,739
views / year
views / year
42
Scottish Gaelic
Goidelic Celtic language of Scotland
48,255
views / year
views / year
43
Romansh
Romance language spoken in the Swiss canton of Grisons (GraubΓΌnden)
48,166
views / year
views / year
44
Albanian
Indo-European language, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro
47,060
views / year
views / year
45
Hungarian
Ugric language mainly spoken in Hungary and surrounding countries
45,890
views / year
views / year
46
Vietnamese
Austroasiatic language originating in Vietnam
44,386
views / year
views / year
47
Akkadian
extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
43,890
views / year
views / year
48
Turkish
Oghuz Turkic language of the Turkish people
43,729
views / year
views / year
49
Georgian
Kartvelian language
43,219
views / year
views / year
50
Cantonese
variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau
43,183
views / year
views / year
51
Sumerian
language of ancient Sumer
43,006
views / year
views / year
52
Pashto
Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan and Pakistan
42,956
views / year
views / year
53
Nahuatl
language of the Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family
41,795
views / year
views / year
54
Romanian
Romance language
40,885
views / year
views / year
55
Amharic
Semitic language of Ethiopia
39,964
views / year
views / year
56
Middle English
stage of the English language from about the 12th through 15th centuries
39,713
views / year
views / year
57
Kannada
Dravidian language native to South India
39,541
views / year
views / year
58
Scratch
programming language learning environment
39,120
views / year
views / year
59
American English
set of dialects of the English language spoken in the United States
39,003
views / year
views / year
60
Afroasiatic
large language family of Africa and West Asia
38,811
views / year
views / year
61
Swahili
Bantu language spoken mainly in East Africa
38,429
views / year
views / year
62
Finnish
Finno-Ugric language mostly spoken in Finland
38,131
views / year
views / year
63
Ukrainian
East Slavic language
37,829
views / year
views / year
64
Punjabi
Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India
37,517
views / year
views / year
65
Shona
Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Mozambique
36,750
views / year
views / year
66
Polish
West Slavic language
36,346
views / year
views / year
67
Egyptian
extinct language spoken in ancient Egypt
36,329
views / year
views / year
68
Breton
Celtic language spoken in France
36,190
views / year
views / year
69
Armenian
Indo-European language
35,262
views / year
views / year
70
Mongolian
official language of Mongolia
35,111
views / year
views / year
71
Malay
Austronesian macrolanguage, basis for Malaysian Malay and Indonesian
35,006
views / year
views / year
72
Koine Greek
common dialect of Greek spoken and written in the ancient world
34,933
views / year
views / year
73
Linear A
undeciphered writing system from Crete
34,696
views / year
views / year
74
Old Norse
North Germanic language
34,130
views / year
views / year
75
Coptic
latest stage of the Egyptian language
33,638
views / year
views / year
76
Swedish
North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and Finland
33,585
views / year
views / year
77
Nepali
official language of Nepal
33,438
views / year
views / year
78
Thai
Tai language
31,555
views / year
views / year
79
Low German
West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands
31,350
views / year
views / year
80
Norwegian
North Germanic language spoken in Norway
30,912
views / year
views / year
81
Marathi
Indo-Aryan language
30,472
views / year
views / year
82
Bubble
visual programming language
30,387
views / year
views / year
83
Filipino
official language of the Philippines; standard and prescriptive form of Tagalog language; alternative name for Tagalog l
29,872
views / year
views / year
84
Icelandic
North Germanic language mainly spoken in Iceland
29,792
views / year
views / year
85
Danish
North Germanic language spoken in Northern Europe
29,660
views / year
views / year
86
Bulgarian
South Slavic language
29,522
views / year
views / year
87
Romani
language of the Romani people belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
29,398
views / year
views / year
88
Cornish
Brythonic Celtic language indigenous to Cornwall
29,277
views / year
views / year
89
Kazakh
Turkic language in Central Asia, state language of Kazakhstan
28,884
views / year
views / year
90
MΔori
Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand
28,717
views / year
views / year
91
Burmese
Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar
28,579
views / year
views / year
92
Lithuanian
Baltic language spoken in Lithuania
28,477
views / year
views / year
93
Czech
West Slavic language
28,124
views / year
views / year
94
Gujarati
Indo-Aryan language that is spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat
28,033
views / year
views / year
95
Khmer
Austroasiatic language of Cambodia
27,941
views / year
views / year
96
Sinhala
Indo-Aryan language native to Sri Lanka
27,526
views / year
views / year
97
Serbo-Croatian
South Slavic language
27,469
views / year
views / year
98
Hawaiian
Polynesian language
27,401
views / year
views / year
99
Gothic
extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
27,378
views / year
views / year
100
Belarusian
East Slavic language
27,298
views / year
views / year