Its not just the popularity of the language but there is still a lot of reasons why people love Python. Beginner friendly Python is one of the most beginner friendly language and hence is preferred by a lot of beginners due to its simple syntax. Not only is it simple but it has all the powerful features which a programming language needs to have. Has a ton of modules and libraries Anything you need to do in Python there is already a module for that which you can simply import and you don need to write any code form scratch. Python has modules and libraries for almost everything you would need. Rapid prototyping Python is the most favourite language of startups because Python can be used to build proto very rapidly. Meaning developers can get something built in a very short period of time. The amount of time you can save in the development process will possibly be more and cost-effective. I could go on but will need to stop here as most relevant points are covered.