How R helps Airbnb make the most of its data

At Airbnb, R has been amongst the most popular tools for doing data science in many different contexts, including generating product insights, interpreting experiments, and building predictive models. In a recent survey of the Airbnb team, 73% of Data Scientists and Analysts rated themselves as closer to “Expert” than “Beginner” in using R, and 58% regularly use R as a language for data analysis. Airbnb supports R usage by creating internal R tools and by creating a community of R users. At the end of the post, the authors provide some specific advice for practitioners who wish to incorporate R into their day-to-day workflow.