The problem with Scala (and Haskell, too) is that the search phrase TIOBE uses doesn't take different naming schemes into account. For many functional language

The problem with Scala (and Haskell, too) is that the search phrase TIOBE uses doesn't take different naming schemes into account. For many functional languages "Programming in X" is a lot more common than "X programming" Compare "Scala programming" and "Haskell programming" with "Programming in Scala" and "Programming in Haskell." TIOBE is fully aware of the issue, but I guess the confusion and discussion creates just more clicks than an accurate representation.