Ruby sinking in popularity, buried by Python – Tiobe

Ruby has dropped to 30th place in the March 2025 Tiobe index with a rating of just 0.55%, down from 25th the previous month. Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen attributes the decline directly to Python's dominance, stating 'there is no need for Ruby anymore.' Ruby peaked at 8th place in May 2016 and was language of the year in 2006. Other notable movements in the index include SQL and R swapping places in the top 10, Swift re-entering the top 20, Kotlin falling to 22nd, and Dart climbing toward the top 20 at 25th. Python leads the index with 21.25%.