[zwetan]

The latest TIOBE index [0] put both ActionScript and TypeScript in "The Next 50 Programming Languages", from rank 51 to rank 100

also Pascal is mentioned at rank 204

based on that yes ActionScript do make the cut in term of popularity, or you can also remove TypeScript and Pascal from the article

also hypocrisy much?

in one of your other comments

  You are welcome. D did not actually made it to the list
  based on the language-popularity-selection criteria I’ve used,
  but I thought it is prominent enough to be included and
  overrode my criteria for it.

so that part "prominent enough" is completely subjective right?

[0]: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

[elizarov]

Of course it is subjective, though I've used Tiobe, Redmonk and PYPL indices to compile a list of languages.