Rust Cracks Tiobe Top 10 With 1.34% Rating as Memory-Safety Appeal Grows
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Updated · InfoWorld · Jul 6
Rust Cracks Tiobe Top 10 With 1.34% Rating as Memory-Safety Appeal Grows
1 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Jul 6
Summary
Tiobe ranked Rust 10th in its July 2026 programming-language index, the first time the language has entered the top 10.
A 1.34% score put Rust behind R at 1.69% and ahead of lower-ranked languages, with Tiobe citing memory safety and fast code generation as key drivers.
Python still led the Tiobe index at 18.94%, followed by C at 10.86% and C++ at 9.12%, underscoring Rust’s rise against entrenched systems-language rivals.
Tiobe said C and C++ communities are trying to improve safety, while its 25th-anniversary index is based on signals such as engineers, courses and vendors across sites including Google, Bing, Amazon and Wikipedia.
Pypl’s separate July 2026 ranking also placed Rust in the top 10 at 2.06%, suggesting the language’s momentum extends beyond Tiobe’s methodology.