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Rust Growing Fastest, But JavaScript Reigns Supreme

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2024-06-09 19:30:03

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Rust is the fastest-growing programming language, with its developer community doubling in size over the past two years, yet JavaScript remains the most popular language with 25.2 million active developers, according to the results of a recent survey.

The 26th edition of SlashData’s Developer Nation survey showed that the Rust community doubled its number of users over the past two years — from two million in the first quarter of 2022 to four million in the first quarter of 2024 — and by 33% in the last 12 months alone. The SlashData report covers the first quarter of 2024.

“Rust has developed a passionate community that advocates for it as a memory-safe language which can provide great performance, but cybersecurity concerns may lead to an even greater increase,” the report said. “The USA and its international partners have made the case in the last six months for adopting memory-safe languages.”