Please keep in mind that TIOBE and by proxy this market do not correspond to actual real-world use of the languages: https://nindalf.com/posts/stop-citing-tiobe/

Absolutely. But it's the most prominent rating, so it's an obvious choice for an impartial resolution. Most other criteria would be either subjective or obscure.

@GustavoSilva whats your rationale for TS?

C++ is an obvious candidate.

Java is dying and I don't see a good reason for it not do die.

Typescript is my favorite "underdog". It is Javascript with types or, in other words, a type-safe version of the language used by browsers and many backend servers.

Sure, it is very low in Tiobe index today, but personally it's my favorite language for almost all projects (excluding Python). It currently ranks 5 in Stack Overflow 2024 survey: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology/.

Tiobe index is not a great indicator in terms of what is actually most popular among developers, as it bases its scores in search engine keyword popularity. So the question is if Typescript can ever rank higher there... I believe it can now that Node.js introduced experimental out of the box support for Typescript: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/53725.

Isn't JavaScript itself more likely, provided that it evolves and might over time adopt some of the features of TS? It's already very popular, so by default it looks like a more likely candidate.

Yes, that's a good point.

Btw one should not ignore the possibility of TIOBE index changing their methodology. But I am selling some of my TS shares, I agree with you.

Betting typescript down from 6pct -- currently only has 0.3% on Tiobe many years after it's release.