在编程语言流行度的评估方面，TIOBE一直是最为权威的机构之一。它每个月都根据有经验的使用者、相关课程、第三方厂商，以及来自多个大型搜索引擎的统计数据，发布前100名编程语言的份额，并进行跨年度同期比较。
Position
Oct 2008
Position
Oct 2007
Delta in Position Programming Language Ratings
Oct 2008
Delta
Oct 2007
Status
1 1
20.949% -0.67% A
2 2
15.565% +0.97% A
3 4
10.954% +1.37% A
4 3
9.811% -1.35% A
5 5
8.612% -0.89% A
6 8
4.565% +1.13% A
7 6
4.419% -0.93% A
8 7
3.767% +0.03% A
9 13
3.288% +1.75% A
10 10
2.860% +0.47% A
11 9
2.670% -0.01% A
12 12
1.333% -0.26% A
13 11
1.024% -0.94% A-
14 14
0.600% -0.78% B
15 17
0.551% -0.04% B
16 21
0.520% +0.10% B
17 22
0.506% +0.14% B
18 16
0.491% -0.19% B
19 18
0.485% -0.09% B
20 15
0.445% -0.40% B
| Position | Programming Language | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Logo | 0.430% |
| 22 | MATLAB | 0.404% |
| 23 | Fortran | 0.383% |
| 24 | Ada | 0.372% |
| 25 | FoxPro/xBase | 0.345% |
| 26 | RPG (OS/400) | 0.304% |
| 27 | LabVIEW | 0.248% |
| 28 | Prolog | 0.248% |
| 29 | DC | 0.242% |
| 30 | Awk | 0.217% |
| 31 | PL/I | 0.210% |
| 32 | Bourne shell | 0.200% |
| 33 | Smalltalk | 0.180% |
| 34 | Transact-SQL | 0.165% |
| 35 | Focus | 0.163% |
| 36 | Haskell | 0.161% |
| 37 | Scala | 0.147% |
| 38 | PowerShell | 0.144% |
| 39 | Groovy | 0.143% |
| 40 | Alice | 0.136% |
| 41 | Forth | 0.131% |
| 42 | Caml | 0.124% |
| 43 | Euphoria | 0.123% |
| 44 | REXX | 0.120% |
| 45 | CL (OS/400) | 0.118% |
| 46 | ML | 0.116% |
| 47 | Tcl/Tk | 0.116% |
| 48 | Natural | 0.115% |
| 49 | Erlang | 0.096% |
| 50 | Objective-C | 0.086% |
| Category | Ratings October 2008 | Delta October 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Object-Oriented Languages | 57.6% | +4.0% |
| Procedural Languages | 39.6% | -3.1% |
| Functional Languages | 1.9% | -0.1% |
| Logical Languages | 0.9% | -0.8% |
| Category | Ratings October 2008 | Delta October 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Statically Typed Languages | 60.4% | +3.8% |
| Dynamically Typed Languages | 39.6% | -3.8% |
