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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2018/03/redmonk-jan-2018.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>In the latest <a rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/03/07/language-rankings-1-18/" target="_blank">Redmonk language rankings</a>, R has risen to the #12 position, up from #14 in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/06/08/language-rankings-6-17/" target="_blank">June 2017 rankings</a>. (Python remains steady in the #3 position.) The Redmonk rankings are based on activity in StackOverflow (as a proxy for user engagement) and Github (as a proxy for developer engagement). Here's the chart from January 2018 of Github popularity ranking versus StackOverflow popularity ranking.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/03/07/language-rankings-1-18/" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="RedmonkJan2018" title="RedmonkJan2018" src="http://revolution-computing.typepad.com/.a/6a010534b1db25970b01b7c957f034970b-800wi"></a></p>
<p>Here's what Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady had to say about Powershell, R and Typescript. (<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/" target="_blank">R</a> isn't a Microsoft property, but Microsoft is a founding member of the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-consortium.org/members" target="_blank">R Consortium</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2018/02/what-does-microsoft-do-with-r.html" target="_blank">incorporates R into several products</a> including Microsoft ML Server, SQL Server and Power BI.)</p>
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<p><strong>Powershell (+1) / R (+2) / TypeScript (+3)</strong>: Of all of the vendors represented on this list, Microsoft has by a fair margin the most to crow about. Its ops-oriented language Powershell continues its steady rise, and R had a bounceback from earlier slight declines. TypeScript, meanwhile, pulled off a contextually impressive three spot jump from #17 to #14. Given that growth in the top twenty comes at a premium, hitting the ranking that a widespread language like R enjoyed in our last rankings is an impressive achievement. From a macro perspective, it’s also worth noting that Microsoft is seeing growth across three distinct categories in operations, analytics/data science and application development. More on this later, but it’s a strong indication that Microsoft’s multi-language approach to the broader market is paying dividends.</p>
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<p>You can find the complete top 20 rankings and analysis of the other languages in the list by following the link below.</p>
<p>Tecosystems: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2018/03/07/language-rankings-1-18/" target="_blank">The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2018</a></p>
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