Python is popular because google used it. At the end of the day, the consistent thing that makes languages succeed is consistent corporate backing and money. No

Python is popular because google used it. At the end of the day, the consistent thing that makes languages succeed is consistent corporate backing and money. Now, as to why Google chose it for their internal tools, we can talk about that, but if the question is why did python win, it's obviously because google made it a big part of their stack.