There is a reason for that. Python is
- Simple, easy to read, easy to write; then, easy to learn
- Powerful with all that bunch of packages/modules included and all others created by the community freely accesible with a simple
pip
call. - All purpose, use to automize something, use it to run a web site, an API, even to create desktop apps.
- Multi-platform, Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD’s, even in embedded systems.
- Fast enough,
You can find some of those in another languages, but not all achieve that.
Python is now the fastest-growing major programming language, according to Stack Overflow.
Source: Java, JavaScript, C#? No, Python is the fastest growing programming language | ZDNet