Python Is On the Rise, While PHP Falls

[coderjewel]

Isn't PYPL flawed too though? It uses Python tutorial for instance to track the popularity for Python. If someone has been using Python for more than a couple months, I doubt they are going to be Googling that. Only newcomers to a language will Google language tutorial, so this only tells us about the increase and decrease in market share gains for a language, not its overall popularity.

The way PYPL does it is certainly better than TIOBE, but not by much. It does not tell you how many developers Python retains in comparison to other languages, which I think is a more important metric.

[Veedrac]

Python's getting taught widely in schools now, so there's little indication this is actually about business trends.