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Because you have to type less code when writing Python. No braces, dynamic typing and so on. Programs are half the size or less than C# code. The less code, the less chance there is for screwups, the less time it takes to grok and the less work it is to refactor. That's why Python wins every time.
1. OS portability (i.e. a large portion of the Internet world is not MS)
2. Open source community (You can talk to a developer of a library. Can you do that with C#)
3. Can write in simple editor or CLI (IDE's can be nice but a generally overly complex, and require a rich client, and possibly a license)
4. Access to example code is much easier in open source.
5. Extensibility. If you don't like something, you can easily adapt, even the most fundamental elements. You can't do that with a non open source product.