Interesting article, but the graphic on movement of supporters for R / Python / Other could have been more helpful if all figures were on the same base. With a lot of calculations, I found that R had moved to 73%, Python 87%, and Other to only 18% (presumably of those who filled in a survey) IF I've got it right, perhaps someone could confirm or not. We're supposed to open up the data for others to understand, not to have to do data science (almost) to work out what has actually happened. But then, I'm sure I've done just the same to others plenty of times.

Very thorough analysis

Through and Precise!

I like R, but my vote goes to python as it can be used to make 'intelligent' decisions on the fly and especially in scenarios when the ecosystem is user driven. Dynamic inputs and dynamic 'smart' outputs will change the definition of the web.

I wanted to like Python, but it does not handle categorical data well. With R, you can through continuous and categorical data at it with abandon and easily create a predictive model. With Python / sklearn, categorical data requires too many compromises and too much data munging. Ironically, I moved to Python because it's a real programming language that's great at data manipulation.

R's big limitation for me was that it was inefficient on a single computer. You have to run it on some serious hardware to do anything even moderately large.

I moved back to R with R Studio and the data.table package. I'm playing with running R in the cloud. Requires a little bit of setup, but now I can handle very large tasks without significant limitations.

So, I'd suggest R for anyone serious about data science.

R seems to be gaining in popularity, according to the Popularity Rankings graph.

Hmmm Never searched for a TLDR on an infographic before

Amazing comparison. Looks like a photo finish for a marathon !!!

This is amazing !! Thank U very much :D

Very nice !

IMO, the most important and impactive difference is not clearly explained: R is licensed under GNU GPL while Python is permissive license BSD-like.

It means that if you want to distribute software under copyright you can't bundle it with R since the GPL License applies (R is not a mere programming language but an execution environment) or all the produced code would become GPL.

This can be a problem, and it doesn't apply with Python.

Best and most thorough analysis I've seen.