--- title: "Rust language rises to top 10 in Tiobe popularity index" url: https://daily.dev/posts/rust-language-rises-to-top-10-in-tiobe-popularity-index-jm9lq9em9 source_url: https://www.infoworld.com/article/4193406/rust-language-rises-to-top-10-in-tiobe-popularity-index.html type: article source: "InfoWorld" published: 2026-07-06T21:32:41.218Z updated: 2026-07-07T08:21:15.478Z tags: ["rust"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 11 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rust language rises to top 10 in Tiobe popularity index **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Rust has entered the top 10 of the Tiobe Programming Community Index for the first time, ranking 10th with a 1.34% rating in July 2026. Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen attributes Rust's rise to its strong focus on memory safety combined with high performance, positioning it as a direct competitor to C and C++, both of which continue to face memory management challenges. Rust also appears in 9th place on the alternative Pypl index with a 2.06% share. The Tiobe index itself celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ruby sinking in popularity, buried by Python – Tiobe](https://daily.dev/posts/ruby-sinking-in-popularity-buried-by-python-tiobe-cnsqvzsl3) · InfoWorld · 33 upvotes · 18 comments --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rust-language-rises-to-top-10-in-tiobe-popularity-index-jm9lq9em9)