Programming Languages Ranking 2022 Based on Sentiment Analysis

The only ranking on the web, based on sentiment, not popularity. Find out which language is loved and which gathers the most negative feedback.

Jump to the ranking Methodology

You probably know programming languages rankings like Tiobe Index or The RedMonk Programming Language Ranking.

But what’s unique about The Programming Languages Ranking 2022 is that it’s based on sentiment, not popularity. So even though Tiobe and RedMonk are valuable sources of knowledge on the programming languages trends, our ranking fills the gap they’re both missing.

The missing ingredient is the real meaning behind the mentions that the above rankings count. The Scalac Programming languages ranking 2022 adds this layer uncovering the truth behind what people think, not only how many times.

Our first ranking from this series represented the sentiment analysis of the functional programming languages family. In the process, we discovered how misleading the numbers could be. The fact that the language is popular doesn’t mean people love it. What’s more – in some cases, almost as many people may love the programming language as many can hate it.

But let’s stop the introduction here and let the data speak for itself.

Key takeaways

The one we want, the one we need

Our winner of the most positive sentiment ranking is Scratch with almost 48% of positive mentions.

Black sheep

The language with the most negative sentiment is GO, with 13.68 % of negative mentions.

The one with two faces

Go is the language which comes second when it comes to the number of positive mentions (45.87%), but is also the first one when it comes to negatives (13.68%).

Comments

Daria Karasek Senior Marketing Specialist

Name

Position

Here will be your comment.

Name

Position

Here will be your comment.

Name

Position

Here will be your comment.

60% of our projects come from referrals.

Work with us and join our satisfied clients.

We can help you if you need a team to build your dedicated solution, a consultation to move forward with your project, or a team extension to get rid of bottlenecks.

+89

satisfied clients. Most of them worked with us on 2+ projects

+124

consultants and developers ready for new projects and challenges

years on the software development market

Trusted by

That’s what Percent’s Divisons head thinks about our 2 yeats of work. Need a development partner? Let’s have a free and confidential chat.

“They were able to quickly become acquainted with highly complex requirements and always delivered on time.”

That’s what Rami Akkas, Technology Strategy COO at SAP thinks about our work.

Need a development partner? Let’s have a free and confidential chat.

Let's talk

Latest Blogposts

02.07.2026 / By Piotr Borkowicz

THE SIGNAL: What matters in distributed systems | #4

AI agents pushed GitHub to 275 million commits a week, and Microsoft's own cloud couldn't keep up. Microsoft and JetBrains just placed opposite bets on who should own the harness your coding agents run in.

01.07.2026 / By Piotr Borkowicz , Piotr Bandurski

Rust as the A2A Orchestrator: What We Learned Building a Multi-Agent System

Agentic AI Rust

What we learned building a Rust orchestration layer for a real multi-agent AI system — from A2A protocol churn and manual agent loops to Agent Skills and context design.

18.06.2026 / By Piotr Borkowicz