Most popular version of Python globally 2023

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Python has proved to be one of the most popular programming languages in the past decade. Despite being released in 2008, Python 3 took a while to be popularly adopted, now standing at a

percent share in 2024.

Python version ranking worldwide from 2017 to 2023, by usage

Characteristic	Python 2	Python 3
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Release date

August 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 2023 – February 2024

Number of respondents

25,000 respondents

Special properties

Python developers and enthusiasts

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More than 25,000 Python developers and enthusiasts from almost 200 countries/regions.

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