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The TIOBE Index has Scratch at #12 and Assembly at #14. I have no idea what metrics they're using but that seems off Also Kotlin at #26 and Lua at #31. Kotlin

• bsder 3y ago
  It's simply the standard "Power Law" distribution kicking in with wide error bars. Note that #8 SQL is already under 1.5%. The error bars look like roughly 0.3%-0.4%. Given that, the ordering of everything below the top 10 has a very high random chance to it.
  • hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
    I doubt it. The TIOBE index not only feels quite "wrong" to me, but it also differs greatly from other surveys I've seen on programming language popularity. I don't think they announced their methodology (or at least I didn't see any details), but my bet is it's more likely that their methodology is simply giving bad results because they're weighting some pieces of data too heavily (or conversely not enough) when calculating their ratings.
• CJefferson 3y ago
  One big thing about scratch is many schools teach it, so while the programming might not be professional, I can tell you in some circles there is a lot of reading, both from parents and children, about scratch.
• kaba0 3y ago
  There is simply zero value in TIOBE. At least use redmonk (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2023/05/16/language-rankings-1-23/ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2023/05/16/language-rankings-1-2... ), it is also not without fault, but it doesn’t have obvious bullshit like what you are mentioning (TIOBE once listed goddamn visual basic ahead of javascript.. completely braindead).