According to SlashData "size of programming language communities, Q1 2025":

   28.0M JS+TS
   ...
   5.6M Swift
   5.1M Rust
   5.0M Go

They have measured Rust growing faster than Go over the years, with the overtake finally happening in Q1 this year.

There aren't a lot of reports presenting absolute numbers and not biased toward a handful of platforms or ecosystems. If you know of other good free ones, feel free to share.

https://research.slashdata.co/reports/6814fddffed4a97023eab0...