KDNuggets has completed its annual poll of top languages for analytics, data mining and data science, and just as in the prior two years the R language is ranked the most popular. R is used by almost 61% of respondents:
R's usage grew year over year as well, up 16% compared to the 2012 poll. By contrast, the rate of SAS usage has been flat, at around 20% in 2011, 2012 and 2013. You can find the complete poll results and further breakdowns at the KDNuggets post linked below.
KDNuggets: Poll: Top languages for analytics, data mining, data science
How can 61% of the voters use R when just this subsection to the graph adds up to 157%? (the previous years all add up to over 100% too)
Posted by: Jeremy | September 02, 2013 at 18:42
@Jeremy, each respondent could select multiple software packages that they used. That's why the percentages add to more than 100%. 61% of respondents included R in their selections.
Posted by: David Smith | September 03, 2013 at 09:12