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<divclass="well see-also">If you're learning about why to use Python you should also take a look at <ahref="/best-python-resources.html">the best Python resources</a> and read <ahref="/web-development.html">more about web development</a>.</div>
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## Python's programming language popularity
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###Python's programming language popularity
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Several programming language popularity rankings exist. While it's
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possible to criticize that these guides are not exact, every ranking shows
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Python as a top programming language within the top ten, if not the top five
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[incredible growth of the Python ecosystem](https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/09/06/incredible-growth-python/)
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and tries to determine
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[why it growing so quickly](https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/09/14/python-growing-quickly/)
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with their own analysis.
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with their own analysis. In the 2018 Stack Overflow developer survey the
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data indicated that
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[Python was the fastest growing major programming language](https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/#technology-programming-scripting-and-markup-languages)
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and that there is a close alignment between the languages and tools that
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developers choose to learn and the usage in developers' professional work.
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