TOP 10 LISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

This site offers Top 10 lists researched and collated from various worldwide sources. The only rubric we apply to warrant inclusion is that the top-ten list for each subject must be either a: factual (i.e. top ten highest mountains) or b: the subject of a vote. If by vote the top ten must either have a base of at least 30 participants (if a popular vote) or 10 participants (if voted on by an expert jury). Individual persons top-ten's don't make it. The site is constantly being added to so watch this space for more Top-10s!

Our Latest List: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages

Date: July 2010

Source: TIOBE Software

Base: All programming languages that are 'Turing Complete'.

Notes: The data represents a snapshot for the month of July 2010 and was compiled from the TIOBE Programming Community index (see link above), which has been regularly updated since 2001. The ratings are based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses and third party vendors. The popular search engines Google, MSN, Yahoo!, Wikipedia and YouTube are used to calculate the ratings. A full FAQ and much more data is available at the TIOBE Index page.