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Python has been awarded the TIOBE Programming Language of the Year for the second consecutive time.

The language has surpassed C and Java, holding a significant lead in the TIOBE index ratings.

Python's rising popularity suggests it could become the standard programming language across various domains.

The TIOBE index measures programming language popularity using data from major search engines.

Python has won the prestigious TIOBE Programming Language of the Year award for the second time in a row.

Python opened at the third position of the TIOBE index at the start of 2021 but left both C and Java behind to take the top position later. Currently, Python is more than 1 percent ahead of the rest.

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According to TIOBE Python has the capability to become the ‘de facto’ standard programming language.

The TIOBE award is given to the programming language which has gained the highest increase in ratings in a year. Python surpassed the popularity of C last month.

Jan 2022	Jan 2021	Programming Language	Ratings	Change
1	3	Python	13.58%	+1.86%
2	1	C	12.44%	-4.94%
3	2	Java	10.66%	-1.30%
4	4	C++	8.29%	+0.73%
5	5	C#	5.68%	+1.73%

The TIOBE Programming Community index indicates the popularity of programming languages.

The index is updated every month. Popular search engines like Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, Bing, Amazon, YouTube and Baidu are used to calculate the ratings.

Year	Winner
2021	Python
2020	Python
2019	C
2018	Python
2017	C
2016	Go
2015	Java

Python is again the Top Programming Language of the Year

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