Most metrics. Tiobe, Redmonk, Pypl, Stack Overflow survey. Top 10 and even top 5 is generally the same, the order might differ a bit.

I've looked at various sources since the last 5 years and not much changed. I hoped some languages like Nim, Crystal or Zig would pick up a bit of steam, but no.

Go and Rust moved up a bit and now seem safer bets to invest some time into.

> > Python is the first or second most popular language.

> By what metrics?

Hmm, why don’t you answer your own question?

> Redmond quarterly from June shows Python at #2,

That clearly is one that puts it “first or second”, yes.

Yes, it was partially an answer, and it's not saying Python isn't high up.

But still wanted to know by what metrics the GP was making their claim.