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Python vs VBA - Which is faster?

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May 7, 2026
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If you enjoy practical Excel VBA and Python tutorials and real-world automation examples, subscribe to the channel here: https://bit.ly/36hpTCY and join the community. Your support helps me keep creating practical, real-world VBA/Python video content. *Learn Python the easy way for VBA users:* https://excelmacromastery.thinkific.com/courses/python-for-vba-users Title: Python versus VBA - Which is faster? Description: For years I pushed VBA to its limits, optimizing every line to squeeze out as much speed as possible. But recently I’ve been using Python and pandas for data manipulation — and the built‑in functions make almost everything easier. VBA arrays are already incredibly fast, but how does Python compare? In this video, I put both languages through three real‑world speed tests: * Reading data from Excel into memory * Writing data from memory back to Excel * Filtering 1 million rows of data The results were genuinely surprising.

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