---
title: "Why Rust is the most admired language among developers"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-rust-is-the-most-admired-language-among-developers-vg5fraphi
source_url: https://github.blog/2023-08-30-why-rust-is-the-most-admired-language-among-developers/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2023-08-30T14:02:09.560Z
updated: 2023-08-30T14:01:56.940Z
tags: ["security", "performance", "github", "rust"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 57
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Why Rust is the most admired language among developers

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 8 min read · 57 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

For the eighth year in a row, Rust has topped the chart as ‘the most desired programming language’ in Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey. More than 80% of developers report that they’d like to use the language again next year. The language was created less than 20 years ago.

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**@t0ny** · 0 upvotes

> And yet, hardly anything percentage- wise is developed in rust. It is almost a statistical blip.

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