> The first programming languages are disproportionately java, c#, PHP these days. I'd say it depends on what we're defining "first programming languages" as -

> The first programming languages are disproportionately java, c#, PHP these days. I'd say it depends on what we're defining "first programming languages" as - first PL learnt in intro-level university lecture, or first PL learnt individually? But my impression is that the most popular PL for beginners seems to be Python. And while I'm not really a fan of Python, I understand where that's coming from: Python is relatively simple to learn, has a huge library ecosystem and comes with relatively few footguns.