tiobe 世界程式設計語言排行榜在一定程度上展現了程式設計語言在目前的流行趨勢。這個排行榜每個月更新一次，排行榜的資料取樣來源于網際網路上富有經驗的程式員、商業應用、著名的搜尋引擎（諸如谷歌、 msn 、雅虎）的關鍵字排名、 alexa 上的排名等。本月結果已出，python上升顯著。
position
aug 2008
aug 2007
delta in position
programming language
ratings
delta
status
1
java
21.571%
-0.20%
a
2
c
16.178%
+0.48%
3
(visual) basic
10.857%
+0.21%
4
c++
10.057%
-0.05%
5
php
9.349%
-0.35%
6
8
python
4.975%
+2.23%
7
perl
4.694%
-0.63%
c#
3.697%
-0.29%
9
10
ruby
2.920%
+1.01%
javascript
2.892%
+0.32%
11
14
delphi
2.732%
+1.51%
12
13
d
1.357%
+0.11%
pl/sql
0.679%
-1.15%
a-
sas
0.549%
-0.84%
b
15
-
powershell
0.440%
+0.44%
16
24
pascal
0.416%
+0.00%
17
18
lisp/scheme
0.379%
-0.21%
lua
0.373%
-0.27%
19
cobol
0.358%
-0.24%
20
23
actionscript
0.355%
-0.07%
21
ada
0.348%
22
logo
0.339%
fortran
0.289%
foxpro/xbase
25
matlab
0.239%
26
abap
0.232%
27
rpg (os/400)
0.231%
28
transact-sql
0.213%
29
prolog
0.206%
30
awk
0.188%
31
labview
0.155%
32
fortress
33
pl/i
0.150%
34
euphoria
0.144%
35
dc
0.115%
36
lingo
0.114%
37
smalltalk
0.113%
38
tcl/tk
0.112%
39
groovy
0.110%
40
bourne shell
41
erlang
0.109%
42
objective-c
0.104%
43
haskell
0.102%
44
ml
0.099%
45
rexx
0.095%
46
cl (os/400)
0.091%
47
forth
0.086%
48
alice
0.084%
49
natural
0.080%
50
caml
0.077%