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    <p>Following on from this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1311981/use-of-different-net-languages">question</a>, I am interested in finding out how you could measure the popularity of any and all programming languages.</p> <p>As professional developers, we need to be aware of the trends in the software industry - what languages will employers be looking for in the coming few years, and we should be proficient in. Also, it can allow us to spot opportunities - perhaps there are opportunities for new developers to branch out into mainframe programming as older members of the profession retire. <strong>For this reason, it is important for us to track programming language popularity.</strong></p> <p>There are number of questions already on Stack Overflow (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/283553/could-stackoverflow-be-used-to-track-language-popularity">here</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/514682/is-the-so-tag-ordering-a-good-representation-of-programming-language-popularity">here</a>) about how SO could be used to measure a language's popularity (or the difficulty in using said language). Other methods include tracking job adverts (i.e. <a href="http://www.hotskills.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.hotskills.net/</a>) and search engine query statistics (i.e. <a href="http://langpop.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://langpop.com/</a>). </p> <p>Can the SO community think of any other methods of measuring this? </p> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <ul> <li>Use Stack Overflow tags to measure language popularity</li> <li>Search Engine query statistics</li> <li>Job adverts</li> <li>Open Source code repositories</li> </ul> <p>As noted by various contributors below, each of the above sources has problems as a reference to calculate language popularity/usage. </p>
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    1. COI look at how many girls/guys the programmers in that language attract at parties. :-)
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    2. CO@tvanofosson yeah but then which way round does the relationship work. More popular language == Meet more people, or knowing-some-obscure-language-that-could-be-confused-with-the-name-of-a-musical-instrument == Get all the girls ??? :-)
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    3. COIt depends on which parties you go to.
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