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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/03/redmonk-jan-2017.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>Redmonk have once again updated (a little later than usual) their bi-annual programming language report with their <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/03/17/language-rankings-1-17/">January 2017 rankings</a>. If you haven't come across these rankings before, they are based on GitHub contributions and StackOverflow questions related to around 40 commonly-used programming languages. The raw data (as of January 2017) is shown below — as you might guess from the appearance of the chart, the analysis for the rankings is done in R.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/03/17/language-rankings-1-17/"><img title="Redmonk Jan 2017" alt="Redmonk Jan 2017" src="http://revolution-computing.typepad.com/.a/6a010534b1db25970b01b7c8e4f9db970b-800wi" border="0"></a></p>
<p>Languages used by data scientists rank highly in this metric. Python is ranked #3 (up from #4 in the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/03/17/language-rankings-1-17/">June 2016 rankings</a>). R is ranked #14, down from its all-time high rank of #12 in June 2016. Redmonk's Stephen O'Grady attributes this dip to a change in the process of collecting the GitHub data and notes that R &quot;remains popular in spite of a step back&quot;.</p>
<p>Other notable moves in the rankings are Swift, jumping from #26 to #16 in the rankings; Go (moving to #11 from #15); and Powershell (jumping to #19 from #36). For more the complete rankings and associated analysis, check out the RedMonk post linked below.</p>
<p>RedMonk (Tecosystems): The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2017</p>
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