The package cranlogs allows R users to see how many times every package was downloaded on a given day. Users can download packages from many locations, and cranlogs focuses on just one of the most popular locations, so it not perfect but broadly representative of overall downloads.
The programming language R is one of the most important tools in data science, used by millions of people across the world. Along with spreadsheet programs, like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, and other programming languages, such as Python, SQL and Julia, R is what many analysts use to gain insights from the huge amount of data that’s collected these days.
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