# What is R? A New Video on the History, Community and Applications of R [VIDEO]

> We meet a lot of R users on our travels, and something we often hear from them is that while they're doing amazing things with R (incredible data visualizations, statistical analysis, and data science applications), their supervisors or peers may…
> URL: https://www.smartdatacollective.com/what-r-new-video-history-community-and-applications-r/
> Last modified: 2013-07-28T08:00:00+00:00

We meet a lot of R users on our travels, and something we often hear from them is that while they’re doing amazing things with R (incredible data visualizations, statistical analysis, and data science applications), their supervisors or peers may not know that the R language is involved, or that others could benefit from using it. It would be great, they tell us, to have something short and sweet to share that describes what makes R so special. 

So we decided to write a script, hire an animator and a voice-over artist, and create a 90-second video all about the history, community and applications of R for everyone to share. Here it is:

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This video is free to share (under a [Creative Commons license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)), and you can even download the source MP4 video file for offline viewing or to remix. We designed it for anyone who’s unfamiliar with R but would be interested to know what it is and what it can do. Let us know what you think in the comments, and please share the link www.revolutionanalytics.com/what-is-r to spread the word about R.

			
				
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