该指数可以用来检查你的编程技能是否仍然是最新的或作出什么开始建立一个新的软件系统时，编程语言应采取的战略决策。在 TIOBE 指数的定义可以在这里找到。
编程语言排行榜 TOP 20 榜单：
前 10 名编程语言长期走势图：
后 50 名编程语言如下：
The following list of languages denotes #51 to #100. Since the differences are relatively small, the programming languages are only listed (in alphabetical order).
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(Visual) FoxPro, ABC, ActionScript, Algol, APL, AutoLISP, bc, Boo, Bourne shell, CFML, CL (OS/400), Clojure, Common Lisp, Crystal, Curl, Elixir, Elm, Factor, Forth, Hack, Icon, IDL, Inform, Io, J, Julia, Korn shell, Maple, Mathematica, ML, Modula-2, MQL4, MS-DOS batch, NATURAL, NXT-G, OCaml, OpenCL, Oz, Pascal, PL/I, PostScript, PowerShell, REXX, Smalltalk, SPARK, SPSS, Standard ML, Stata, Tcl, Verilog
本月变动指数：
This month the following changes have been made to the definition of the index:
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The restriction "Google" has been removed from the search queries for the programming language Go. Ilja Heilager sorted out that without the search term "Google" the resulting Go hits are still referring to the Go language. After having removed this restriction Go jumped from position #55 to #20. Thanks Ilja!
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【说明】
TIOBE 编程语言社区排行榜是编程语言流行趋势的一个指标，每月更新，这份排行榜排名基于互联网上有经验的程序员、课程和第三方厂商的数量。排名使用著名的搜索引擎（诸如 Google、MSN、Yahoo!、Wikipedia、YouTube 以及 Baidu 等）进行计算。请注意这个排行榜只是反映某个编程语言的热门程度，并不能说明一门编程语言好不好，或者一门语言所编写的代码数量多少。
这个排行榜可以用来考查你的编程技能是否与时俱进，也可以在开发新系统时作为一个语言选择依据。以上是php-z译文，排行榜的详细定义可以参考这里（ 英文）