⚡ Programming Languages in Kenya

Programming languages are sets of instructions, syntax, and rules used by developers to create software such as applications and websites.

Kenya is an East African country with a population of over 55 million people.

According to our research, programming languages are detected on 90.8% of websites from Kenya.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top programming languages on websites in Kenya in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is JavaScript with an impressive share of 95.4%, followed by PHP with 81.8% and Lua with 2.2%.

JavaScript 95.4%
PHP 81.8%
Lua 2.2%
C# 1.7%
Ruby 1.7%
Java 1%
Python 0.9%
Scala 0.9%
TypeScript 0.8%
Perl 0.1%
ASP 0.1%
Elixir 0.1%
CoffeeScript 0.05%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top languages that are more popular in Kenya than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Lua ^(-1)
7. Python ^(-3)
10. Perl ^(-3)
12. Elixir ^(-3)
13. CoffeeScript ^(-3)

✨ Best Programming Languages

Below is a more detailed list of 13 programming languages used on sites from Kenya, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	JavaScript Austin, Texas, United States An interpreted programming language and a core technology of the web, alongside HTML and CSS, used to add interactivity and logic to websites and web applications.	95.4%
2	PHP A widely used server-side scripting language for building dynamic web applications.	81.8%
3	Lua Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.	2.2%
4	C# Redmond, Washington, United States A high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.	1.7%
5	Ruby Matsue, Japan An interpreted, object-oriented, open-source programming language designed for simplicity and productivity, commonly used for web development.	1.7%
6	Java Austin, Texas, United States A multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, designed to run across different systems through the Java Virtual Machine.	1%
7	Python Wilmington, Delaware, United States A high-level, general-purpose programming language that is dynamically typed and widely used for scripting, automation, data analysis, and machine learning.	0.9%
8	Scala Lausanne, Switzerland An object-oriented programming language designed to improve and address the limitations of Java.	0.9%
9	TypeScript Redmond, Washington, United States A high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that adds optional static typing and advanced language features to JavaScript for building complex applications.	0.8%
10	Perl A high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language.	0.1%
11	ASP Redmond, Washington, United States A server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine. FreeLegacy	0.1%
12	Elixir A dynamic, functional programming language that compiles to bytecode for the Erlang virtual machine and is designed for building scalable, fault-tolerant applications.	0.1%
13	CoffeeScript A Ruby- and Python-inspired programming language that compiles to JavaScript.	0.05%

👉 See Also

🌎 Programming Languages in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 2,272 websites from Kenya.
We currently track the presence of 23 programming languages across the web.
Of these, 13 were detected on websites from Kenya.
Statistics were last calculated on May 8, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.