Top 10 Programming Languages by Actual Coding Time (Not GitHub Stars)

Every "top programming languages" list you've seen is based on GitHub stars, Stack Overflow surveys, or job postings. None of them measure what developers actually spend their time writing. We do. Here's the ranking based on thousands of hours of real IDE coding time across 200+ programming languages , tracked from active B2B developers at 100+ B2B companies . Why Existing Rankings Are Misleading The TIOBE Index counts search engine mentions. The PYPL Index counts tutorial searches. GitHub's Oct