TIOBE index

The TIOBE programming community index is a measure of popularity of programming languages, created and maintained by TIOBE Software BV, based in <a href="/facts/Eindhoven/7ngIHCVT">Eindhoven</a>, the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>. TIOBE stands for <a href="/facts/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest/KzPrH4Ux">The Importance of Being Earnest</a>, the title of an 1895 comedy play by <a href="/facts/Oscar_Wilde/fRCAnvGk">Oscar Wilde</a>, to emphasize the organization's "sincere and professional attitude towards customers, suppliers and colleagues".
The index is calculated from the number of <a href="/facts/Search_engine/SRntsbz2">search engine</a> results for queries containing the name of the language. The index covers searches in <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>, Google Blogs, <a href="/facts/MSN/IxAzVWYJ">MSN</a>, <a href="/facts/Yahoo!/nKhTaV3M">Yahoo!</a>, <a href="/facts/Baidu/VgAx7Pfu">Baidu</a>, <a href="/facts/Wikipedia/KDRNKWnc">Wikipedia</a> and <a href="/facts/YouTube/db276jst">YouTube</a>. The index is updated once a month. The current information is free, but the long-term statistical data is for sale. The index authors have stated that it may be valuable when making various strategic decisions. TIOBE focuses on <a href="/facts/Turing_complete/73goop44">Turing complete</a> languages, so it does not provide information about the popularity of <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> or other markup languages such as <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>.

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TIOBE index