GitHub Report Highlights Key Trends in 2025
GitHub published a report analyzing statistics for 2025. The report revealed several key trends shaping the developer landscape:
1. Programming Language Rankings: TypeScript emerged as the most frequently used programming language by developers, surpassing Python and JavaScript. The adoption of TypeScript by major front-end development frameworks contributed to its rise in popularity. Over the year, the number of developers using TypeScript increased by 1 million (+66%), followed by Python with 850 thousand (+48%) and JavaScript with 427 thousand (+25%). 
2. Fastest Growing Languages: The report identified Luau, Typst, Astro, Blade, and TypeScript as the fastest growing languages in terms of developer adoption.
3. Most Common Languages in Repositories: JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, Java, C++, and C# were the leading languages in new repositories created in the last 12 months. 
4. Popular AI Project Languages: Python, Jupyter Notebooks, JavaScript, and TypeScript were highlighted as the most popular languages for AI projects. 