at this writingthe best estimate anyone can seem to make of the size of the python user base is that there are roughly million python users around the world today (plus or minus fewthis estimate is based on various statisticslike download ratesweb statisticsand developer surveys because python is open sourcea more exact count is difficult--there are no license registrations to tally moreoverpython is automatically included with linux distributionsmacintosh computersand wide range of products and hardwarefurther clouding the user-base picture in generalthoughpython enjoys large user base and very active developer community it is generally considered to be in the top or top most widely used programming languages in the world today (its exact ranking varies per source and datebecause python has been around for over two decades and has been widely usedit is also very stable and robust besides being leveraged by individual userspython is also being applied in real revenuegenerating products by real companies for instanceamong the generally known python user basegoogle makes extensive use of python in its web search systems the popular youtube video sharing service is largely written in python the dropbox storage service codes both its server and desktop client software primarily in python the raspberry pi single-board computer promotes python as its educational language eve onlinea massively multiplayer online game (mmogby ccp gamesuses python broadly the widespread bittorrent peer-to-peer file sharing system began its life as python program industrial light magicpixarand others use python in the production of animated movies esri uses python as an end-user customization tool for its popular gis mapping products google' app engine web development framework uses python as an application language the ironport email server product uses more than million lines of python code to do its job mayaa powerful integrated modeling and animation systemprovides python scripting api the nsa uses python for cryptography and intelligence analysis irobot uses python to develop commercial and military robotic devices who uses python today