Answer 1

Some interesting information:
The Visual Basic language was born the same year as Python.
In 2017 Python replaced Java as the second-most popular language on GitHub. There is no place for VB in the fifteen most popular languages on GitHub.
According to the Tiobe index, the top 20 most popular programming languages as of December 2017 indicates that Python's popularity is 3.78% and VB is 1.35%.
(All of the languages combined total 100%).
Another study creates a list of the most On-demand languages:
They found 11757 job openings with Python and less than 700 with VB.

https://stackify.com/popular-programming-languages-2018/