Please for God's sake stop citing TIOBE.

A much more accurate snapshot would be Github - they recently published the top langauges for the year (so far, up til Sept 2026) by distinct monthly contributors and C++ comes in at 9 out of the top 10, and Rust doesn't even place in the top 10 yet, so yes it is highly relevant and prevalent, but not because TIOBE said so.

But, TypeScript, Python and Rust are the fastest growing languages, in that order, so also you cannot discount Rust.

https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-commit...