We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

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GitHub knows a lot about what's going on in coding. It has some 24 million users in 200 countries who are working in 337 different programming languages.

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It's worth noting that analyses of the popularity of different programming languages vary in their methodologies, meaning rankings of this type are not an exact science and tend to vary.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

IEEE Spectrum's top programming languages for 2017 are out, and this time, Python tops the overall list.