Submission rates were *really* good this year, up on previous two years.
All the same, a short extension until "Pi Day" (3-14) to honour the tradition of conference deadline extensions
A promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference in Warsaw. The image is split into a left-hand artistic section and a right-hand text section against a black background. The left side features a 2x2 grid of colored squares: Top-left: A black square centered on a light blue background. Top-right: A black fractal-like square pattern on a yellow background. Bottom-left: A complex black grid pattern on an orange background. Bottom-right: A dense black dot and square pattern on a purple background. The right side contains the following text: USER! 2026 CONFERENCE WARSAW in white. A list of submission categories in bold colors: Talks (blue), Tutorials (yellow), Posters (red), Lightning Talks (orange), and Panel Discussions (teal). At the bottom-left, white text announces: "CFP Deadline Extension: Saturday 14th March 2026".
📢 CFP Deadline Extended: useR! 2026 Warsaw!
📅 New Deadline: Saturday, 14th March 2026
🚀 Submit projects on #rstats, ML, or data viz for the global #Rstats community stage in Poland.
Standard/Lightning Talks, Posters, Tutorials & Panels wanted!
CFP Link: user2026.r-project.org/call/
Not really
Some strategies work well for a while (i.e. using LinkedIn events) but then there is a change on how things are done, and the benefit of it vanishes.
Writing good copy - with a proper description of what the post is about - with good keywords - is a perennial.
A line chart titled “R‑Ladies Global – LinkedIn Followership” showing the growth of the organization’s LinkedIn followers from 2021 to 2026. The x‑axis is labeled “Date” and spans five years, while the y‑axis is labeled “Followers,” ranging from 4,000 to 9,000. Black circular points mark follower counts at various dates, and a red line connects them to show the overall trend. The line rises steadily from just over 4,000 followers in early 2021 to nearly 9,000 by 2026, with noticeable periods of faster growth around early 2024 and again near early 2026. The chart has a clean white background with light gray gridlines, emphasizing the upward trajectory of the community’s reach on LinkedIn.
Apropos of International Women’s Day, here is the LinkedIn followership for R‑Ladies Global. The data show a steady increase from 2021 through 2026, reflecting sustained engagement with the community’s mission and activities.
#RLadies #IWD2026 #RStats #WomenInSTEM #DataVisualization #CommunityData
A consultancy fee - cheque made out to myself. ;)
(Actual answer - depends from year to year, but avoid posting badly written copy is 80% of it)
A key factor in this success is learning how to use LinkedIn property; using post strategies that maximise reach.
A line chart titled “R User Community – LinkedIn Followership” showing follower growth from 2021 to 2026. Black dots mark individual data points, connected by a red line indicating the trend. The x‑axis spans 2021 to 2026, and the y‑axis ranges from 0 to 20,000 followers. The chart shows rapid growth beginning in early 2022, followed by continued but slower increases through 2026.
The R User Community LinkedIn page has grown steadily from 2021 to 2026, rising from a few thousand followers to nearly 20,000. The chart shows rapid expansion through 2022 and 2023 (by gaming the recommender engine), followed by continued steady growth in later years.
#rstats
A line chart titled “useR! Conference – LinkedIn Followership” showing follower growth from 2021 to 2026. Black dots mark individual data points, with red line segments connecting portions of the trend. The x‑axis displays dates from 2021 to 2026, and the y‑axis ranges from 0 to 8,000 followers. The overall pattern shows a steady upward increase in LinkedIn followers over time.
The useR! Conference LinkedIn page shows a steady rise in followers from 2021 to 2026, reaching several thousand over the period. The overall trend is encouraging.
A few data points appear out of sequence, suggesting some dates in the source data may be incorrect.
#rstats
A line chart titled “Why R? – LinkedIn Followership” showing follower growth from 2021 to 2026. The plot has a light blue background with a black line tracing overall growth and red segments highlighting specific intervals. The x‑axis displays dates from 2021 to 2026, and the y‑axis ranges from roughly 2,500 to over 5,000 followers. The trend shows steady increases with periods of slower growth and a noticeable rise approaching 2026.
Although in Hiatus since 2022 - The “Why R?” LinkedIn page has grown steadily from 2021 to 2026, increasing from roughly 2,500 followers to more than 5,000. The chart highlights periods of faster and slower growth, with a clear upward trend across the full time span.
#rstats
A line chart titled “Ghana R Users Community – LinkedIn Followership” showing follower growth from 2023 to 2026. A red line connects black star-shaped data points, rising steadily through 2023–2025 and sharply increasing in 2026. The background grid uses yellow horizontal lines and red vertical lines. The x‑axis shows dates, and the y‑axis shows follower counts ranging from 0 to over 1000.
The Ghana R Users Community has shown steady LinkedIn growth since 2023, rising from under 10 followers to more than 1,000 by early 2026. The trend highlights consistent community engagement and a sharp acceleration in the past year.
#rstats
This is good science!
A rectangular promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference in Warsaw. The left half displays four square panels arranged in a 2×2 grid, each showing a progressively more detailed Sierpinski‑carpet–style fractal in bright colors: teal, magenta, yellow, and blue. The right half presents the conference offerings in large, bold, multicolored text stacked vertically: “Talks,” “Tutorials,” “Posters,” “Lightning Talks,” and “Panel Discussions.” At the bottom, a smaller line of text announces: “The useR! 2026 Call for Proposals is open until Sunday 8th March.” The overall design is clean and geometric, using vivid color blocks to signal creativity and technical focus.
💡 The useR! 2026 Call for Proposals is open!
🎤 Talks
🧭 Tutorials
🖼️ Posters
⚡ Lightning Talks
🗣️ Panel Discussions
📅 Submit your ideas by Sunday 8th March and help shape the program with the global R community.
🔗 CFP: user2026.r-project.org/call/
#rstats #useR2026 #Tutorials #Warsaw
Good question- will ask and revert to you
A rectangular promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference. On the left, large bold text reads “useR! 2026 Conference Warsaw,” followed by the dates “6–9 July 2026” and the location “Warsaw School of Economics & Online.” The typography is clean and modern, set against a white background. On the right, a 2×2 grid of four square panels displays a fractal‑style geometric pattern: each square shows a progressively more detailed zoom‑in of a swirling, branching, blue‑and‑purple fractal shape on a light background. Beneath the main graphic, a banner states: “The useR! 2026 Call For Proposals is open until March 8th!” The overall design is bright, mathematical, and visually structured, emphasizing both the conference branding and the CFP announcement.
⏳ UseR! 2026 – Warsaw 🇵🇱✨
The CFP deadline is fast approaching!
Submit your abstracts for talks, lightning talks, posters, tutorials, and panels before Sun 8 Mar 2026.
📅 Conference: 7–9 July
🎓 Tutorial Day: 6 July
🔗 user2026.r-project.org/call/ #rstats #poland #datascience
Good stuff. Previously I was fairly ambivalent about "m33tup" (I like that btw) - but now the price increases coupled with the lack of actual activity on it means that the #rstats community need to get off it a soon as possible
I reckon we are paying 6 figures sums for the 2 pro networks.
Does anyone in the #rstats world use luma.com for events?
PyData is reportedly off-ramping off meetup - and several chapters are trying luma out
SGH Warsaw School of Economics is one of the key venues for UseR! 2026.
I really liked Warsaw and am really looking forward to the Conference.
#rstats #poland #warsaw
Save the dates for the Cork Fringe Festival - coming to various venues around the city between Friday 8th May to Sunday 10th May.
kobriendublin.substack.com/p/preview-of...
#Cork #Fringe #Festival #Ireland
Promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference in Warsaw. On a black background, white uppercase text at the top left reads “USER! 2026 CONFERENCE WARSAW.” Centered lower on the image, the word “Tutorials” appears in large, bold turquoise letters, shifted closer to the bottom than in previous versions. Beneath it, a light blue sentence reads “The useR! 2026 Call For Proposals is open until March 8th!” On the top right, four square tiles display colorful fractal-style designs: blue, yellow, orange, and purple. Each tile contains a central black square surrounded by smaller squares in grid patterns, suggesting themes of data, computation, or modularity. The layout balances bold typography with vibrant geometric visuals to promote the conference’s tutorial track and proposal deadline.
💡 The useR! 2026 Call for Proposals is open — and we’re seeking both talks and tutorials! 💡
📅 Submit your ideas by Sunday 8th March and help shape the program with the global R community.
🔗 CFP: user2026.r-project.org/call/
#rstats #useR2026 #Tutorials #Warsaw
In case anyone has noticed or cared - I started using substack over last year.
Don't follow my lead.
I am off-ramping from it - but will finish things I have started there for the next while.
I am going to try out ghost.io instead.
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This was 19 years ago.
Feel so old now.
Still a catchy tune.
Still #CanseiDeSerSexy
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What makes a good (well resourced) programming language community?
Brand Recognition!!
youtu.be/ePBxm3V2_0E?...
Better funding for SatRdays would be better
From the Organizers point of view that makes sense.
It doesn't do anything for the R brand though - which is presumably the point from the RCs point of view
( not the most pressing concern here )
Graphic to illustrate migration from meetup to luma
Linkedin Post Text explaining migration from meetup to LinkedIn
PyData Amsterdam migrating from meetup to luma.
As an aside - PyData Amsterdam has already built up a very strong presence on LinkedIn (5.3K followers)
#pydata #rstats
A Local R group had last event in 2021: 5 full years ago.
(Not Dublin R - which was deleted from Meetup)
A Florida R User Group is basically a "cuckoo" - never had one event related to R ever.
Serious money being wasted
#rstats
For #rstats
RUGs - 98 Chapters
R-Ladies - 248 Chapters
A naive estimate is that the combined cost of this is 200,000 USD a year.
Many chapters are active and should continue to be supported. Others are dormant, some for years, but are still an expense.
Why Meetup.com is slowly dying #meetup
Meetup Pro accounts cost a lot of money for each and every group, but people are using it less and less.
Time to talk about moving away for it for the #rstats and #pydata communities
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The Prague Fringe Festival is the highlight of my summer. I have been heading over for several years now, as a working holiday. Please check it out and consider a trip yourselves.
#Prague #Fringe #Theatre #Festival #Czechia
In Honour of Shropshire Day: "The Life And Times of Mad Jack Mytton", who is the only person from Shropshire that I know of
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#shropshire
