Rust language rises to top 10 in Tiobe popularity index

For the first time ever, the Rust language has cracked the top 10 in Tiobe’s index of programming language popularity. With a 1.34% rating, Rust is ranked 10th in the Tiobe Programming Community index for July 2026 , which was published July 5. “Rust’s growing popularity can largely be attributed to its strong focus on memory safety while still generating extremely fast code,” said Paul Jansen, CEO at software quality services provider Tiobe.