# Programming languages developers used most, top 10

The languages respondents of the Stack Overflow 2026 survey said they did extensive development work in over the past year, ranked by share. The full top 10 at a glance.

- Language: en
- Published: 2026-11-03
- Tags: dev, programming-languages, survey
- URL: https://devs7ud.io/en/rankings/ranking-programming-languages-en
- Translation (ko): https://devs7ud.io/rankings/ranking-programming-languages.md

- Ranking: yearly, as of 2026-11-03
- Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026 - https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/technology/data/languages
- Basis: Stack Overflow 2026 survey question on languages used for extensive development work in the past year \(14,099 respondents, multi-select\). The score is that share, not user counts or preference. No publication date is given, so the date is when this ranking was made.

1. JavaScript (62\.0%) - https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript - 8,742 respondents
2. SQL (58\.4%) - https://www.iso.org/standard/76583.html - 8,237 respondents
3. HTML/CSS (58\.2%) - https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML - 8,212 respondents
4. Python (58\.0%) - https://www.python.org - 8,184 respondents
5. Bash/Shell (51\.3%) - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ - 7,231 respondents
6. TypeScript (43\.8%) - https://www.typescriptlang.org - 6,171 respondents
7. Java (27\.6%) - https://dev.java - 3,885 respondents
8. C\# (27\.1%) - https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/ - 3,826 respondents
9. PowerShell (24\.6%) - https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/ - 3,472 respondents
10. C++ (24\.3%) - https://isocpp.org - 3,425 respondents

Of the 14,099 people who answered, 62.0% said they did extensive development work in JavaScript over the past year. SQL is second at 58.4%, HTML/CSS third at 58.2% and Python fourth at 58.0%, so the three sit within one percentage point. Bash/Shell (51.3%) in fifth is the last one above half, and TypeScript in sixth, at 43.8%, is 16.2 percentage points ahead of Java (27.6%) in seventh.

Respondents could pick several languages, so the shares add up to more than 100%. This is not user counts, market share, preference or satisfaction, and it does not tell a language used a lot from one people like. The question page does not give the publication date or the population, so the date is the day this ranking was made.

Which language do you use most often? Tell us in the comments.