⚡ Programming Languages in the United States

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

According to our research, programming languages are detected on 87.4% of websites from the United States.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top programming languages on websites in the United States in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is JavaScript with an impressive share of 91.7%, followed by PHP with 72.8% and C# with 6%.

🚀 Highlights

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

✨ Best Programming Languages

Below is a more detailed list of all programming languages used on sites from the United States, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket 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.

2
PHP

A widely used free server-side scripting language.

3
C#
Redmond, Washington, United States

A high-level, object-oriented programming language used primarily on the .NET platform.

4
Java
Austin, Texas, United States

A multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995.

5
Lua
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.

6
Ruby

An interpreted, object-oriented, open-source programming language often used for web development.

7
Scala
Lausanne, Switzerland

An object-oriented programming language designed to improve and address the limitations of Java.

8
ASP
Redmond, Washington, United States

A server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine.

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9
TypeScript
Redmond, Washington, United States

A high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that adds static typing to JavaScript.

10
CFML
San Jose, California, United States

A scripting language for web development, usually associated with Adobe ColdFusion.

11
Python
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

A high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language that is particularly popular in data processing and machine learning.

12
Go
Mountain View, California, United States

A high-level, statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google.

13
Perl

A high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language.

14
Erlang
Stockholm, Sweden

A high-level functional programming language.

15
Elixir

A dynamic, functional language that compiles to bytecode for the Erlang VM.

16
Dart
Mountain View, California, United States

An object-oriented, class-based, garbage-collected language developed by Google.

17
C

A high-level, compiled programming language known for its efficiency and portability.

18
CoffeeScript

A Ruby- and Python-inspired programming language that compiles to JavaScript.

19
Rust
Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

A systems programming language developed at Mozilla with a focus on performance, type safety, and concurrency.

20
Haskell
New York, United States

An advanced, purely functional programming language designed for complex data handling and concurrency.

21
Hack
Menlo Park, California, United States

A PHP-based programming language for the HHVM virtual machine developed by Meta.

22
D
Kenmore, Washington, United States

A general-purpose programming language with static typing, systems-level access, and C-like syntax.

👉 See Also

Data is based on the analysis of 538,324 websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.