Here are the top 10 programming languages used by our readers! Learning programming is overwhelmingly popular among online course users.
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The following are the results of a survey asking GIGAZINE readers, 'Have you ever used online courses or learning services?' 37.4% of respondents answered that they had. For comparison, in a similar survey conducted in the winter of 2025 , 29.8% of readers answered that they had used online courses.
Next, here are the results of the question about which categories of courses they took. Language learning and programming were by far the most popular. 'AI' ranked 4th, and was more popular than categories such as certification, business, and exam preparation.
When asked about the online courses and learning services they would like to use, the most popular platform was '
The image below is a word cloud showing the results of a free-response question asking respondents to name online courses and learning services they would like to use that were not included in the initial answers. The platform that received the most support in the free-response answers was '
Next, we asked respondents which IT-related certification exams they were interested in. The top three most popular IT certification exams were the ' Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination ,' the ' IT Passport ,' and the ' Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination .'
The following is a word cloud image created from free-response answers for IT-related certification exams not listed in the provided options. The most frequent answer was '
The results of a survey asking GIGAZINE readers if they program are as follows: 33.8% of GIGAZINE readers are programmers. This percentage is almost unchanged compared to
The graph below summarizes the results of a survey asking which programming languages and markup languages people usually use. By far the most popular programming language is 'Python,' followed by 'JavaScript,' 'HTML,' 'C,' and 'SQL.'
The top 10 most popular programming languages are as follows:
1st place: Python (17.9%)
2nd place: JavaScript (12.6%)
3rd place: HTML (11.3%)
4th place: C (7.2%)
5th place: SQL (7.0%)
6th place: C++ (6.8%)
7th place: VBA (6.6%)
8th place: C# (6.6%)
9th place: Java (6.3%)
10th place: TypeScript (4.9%)
We asked respondents to provide free-response answers for items not included in the answer field, and then created a word cloud. The most frequent answers were '
The following are the results of a survey asking about programming and markup languages that people are not currently using but would like to learn in the future. Unlike the programming languages they are currently using, 'Rust' reigns supreme at the top of the list.
The top 10 programming and markup languages that people want to learn in the future are listed below.
1st place: Rust (7.2%)
2nd place: Python (6.4%)
3rd place: C++ (4.5%)
4th place: Go (4.4%)
5th place: C# (3.4%)
6th place: JavaScript (3.3%)
7th place: Java (3.2%)
8th place: TypeScript (2.8%)
9th place: Ruby (2.8%)
10th place: C (2.1%)
We created a word cloud by asking participants to freely describe programming and markup languages they would like to learn in the future, even if they weren't listed in the answer section. '
The survey results can be summarized as follows:
・The utilization rate of online courses and learning services among GIGAZINE readers is 37.4%, and this is on an upward trend.
The most popular categories are 'Languages' and 'Programming.'
Popular platforms include 'Udemy' and 'Duolingo'.
The most popular IT certification exams are the 'Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination,' the 'IT Passport,' and the 'Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination.'
The percentage of programmers among GIGAZINE readers remains at 33.8%, which is almost unchanged compared to the previous two surveys.
The most popular programming language is 'Python'.
The most popular programming language people want to learn in the future is 'Rust'.
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