Feb 04, 2026 09:00:00

Have you ever used online courses or learning services? Do you program? We asked GIGAZINE readers in a survey

Online courses and learning services are convenient because they allow you to learn systematically through videos and slides, and are not tied to location or time, but it's interesting to know how many people actually use them, what fields they are learning, and what they want to learn in the future. In a survey conducted as part of

a giveaway campaign conducted three times a year by GIGAZINE, we asked people about their use of online courses, as well as IT qualifications, programming languages, and markup languages they are interested in.

First, we asked, 'Have you ever used an online course or learning service?' 70.2% answered 'No' and 29.8% answered 'Yes.'

Next, we asked people who have experience using online courses or learning services, 'What category did you take?' The answers, organized into a word cloud, are shown below. The fields of study covered were wide-ranging, including 'Programming,' 'English/Languages,' 'Business Management,' 'Design/CG,' 'IT,' 'Education/Learning,' 'AI,' 'Investment/Finance,' 'Accounting/Bookkeeping,' and 'Medicine/Health,' but the majority of people studied programming, IT, or English/Languages.

Next, we asked, 'Which online courses or learning services would you like to use?' The results are as follows:

1st place: Udemy (57.64%)
2nd place: Coursera (8.33%)
3rd place: gacco (6.85%)
4th place: Schoo (6.49%)
5th place: Coloso (5.16%)
6th place: Palmy (4.04%)
7th place: JMOOC (3.58%)
8th place: Other (3.01%)
9th place: Storeca (2.35%)
10th place: CLASS101+(1.43%)

Some people are conscious of obtaining qualifications as a way to connect online learning to work. When asked, 'Please choose an IT-related qualification exam that you are interested in,' the results were as follows:

1st place: Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination (19.77%)
2nd place: Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination (15.80%)
3rd place: IT Passport Examination (14.96%)
4th place: AWS Certification (9.50%)
5th place: Network Specialist Exam (8.07%)
6th place: Information Security Management Examination (7.58%)
7th place: Microsoft certification (Azure) (6.66%)
8th place: Google Cloud Certification (6.24%)
9th place: Python 3 Engineer Certification Basic Exam (5.84%)
10th place: Information Processing Security Specialist Examination (5.57%)

Since GIGAZINE has many IT readers, we also asked them, 'Do you program?' The results were 'No,' at 66.4%, and 'Yes,' at 33.6%.

Those who answered 'yes' to programming in the previous question were asked, 'Which programming language/markup language do you usually use?' The top 10 answers are summarized below.

1st place: Python (19.55%)
2nd place: JavaScript (14.17%)
3rd place: HTML (12.47%)
4th place: C++ (8.54%)
5th place: VBA (8.52%)
6th place: SQL (8.08%)
7th place: C# (8.03%)
8th place: C (7.72%)
9th place: Java (7.59%)
10th place: PHP (5.32%)

On the other hand, when asked, 'Which programming languages or markup languages are you not using now but would like to learn in the future?', the top 10 answers were compiled below.

1st place: Python (18.85%)
2nd place: Rust (18.71%)
3rd place: Go (10.71%)
4th place: C++ (9.43%)
5. TypeScript (8.95%)
6th place: C# (7.77%)
7th place: Ruby (7.44%)
8th place: Java (6.21%)
9th place: Swift (5.97%)
10th place: JavaScript5.97%

Python is overwhelmingly popular, ranking first both as a 'language I use regularly' and as a 'language I would like to learn in the future.' However, other languages that did not appear in the 'languages I use regularly,' such as Rust and Go, also figured prominently as 'languages I would like to learn in the future.'

GIGAZINE publishes articles across a wide range of categories, primarily IT-related, and the survey revealed that approximately 30% of readers have experience using online learning or programming. Additionally, when asked about qualifications of interest, the Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination and the Applied Information Technology Engineer Examination came out on top, revealing readers' desire to 'study systematically' and 'clarify their next steps.' Regarding programming and markup languages, it's notable that in addition to the strength of Python as a commonly used language, Rust and Go also ranked highly as languages readers would like to learn in the future.

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