Programmers Identifying as LGBTQ by Language

% of Programmers Identifying as LGBTQ by Language 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 C 3% Go 3% OCaml 10% C++ 10% PHP 12% Java 15% C# 18% Python 20% Scala 20% JS 22% TS 25% Haskell 28% Zig 30% Rust 55%

A bar chart ranks programming languages by the percentage of programmers identifying as LGBTQ, ranging from 3% for C and Go to 55% for Rust. The joke is a deliberately absurd, unsupported stereotype presented as statistical data, with Rust exaggerated as the language with the highest percentage. It can be shared as a reaction to programming-language tribalism, especially jokes about Rust users being unusually distinctive or ideological. EN: A bar chart ranks programming languages by the percentage of programmers identifying as LGBTQ, ranging from 3% for C and Go to 55% for Rust. The joke is a deliberately absurd, unsupported stereotype presented as statistical data, with Rust exaggerated as the language with the highest percentage. It can be shared as a reaction to programming-language tribalism, especially jokes about Rust users being unusually distinctive or ideological.

• @gentoomemes / 18835 2025-10-06