Python C++ Java C C# JavaScript Go Fortran Visual Basic SQLThe Tiobe index tries to track the popularity of programming languages by counting the number of search results for the language's name followed by the word "programming" (on 25 different search engines ).
In that same year, Fortran jumped from #12 to #8 — while both Visual Basic and SQL dropped down a single rank.
In this month's note, he explains what he thinks is unusual about this — starting by saying that Go programs are both fast, and easy in many ways — easy to deploy, easy to learn, and easy to understand.
"If annual trends continue this way, Go will bypass JavaScript within 3 years," TIOBE's CEO predicts.
(Adding "Let's see what the future has in store for Go...") Although the Go team actually has specific plans for the future, according to a blog post this week celebrating Go's 15th anniversary TIOBE's top 10 programming language rankings for the month of November:

On 15th Anniversary, Go Programming Languages Rises in Popularity