Top R Developers
Ranked by CodeRank activity and open-source influence.
Developers
173
Avg Followers
693
Total Repos
11,684
Top 101 R Developers
Hadley Wickham
@hadley
Chief Scientist at @posit-pbc
Yihui Xie
@yihui
Freelancer (open source programmer, contractor, blogger, and writer)
Roger D. Peng
@rdpeng
Professor of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin
Jeff L.
@jtleek
cssegisanddata
@cssegisanddata
Thomas Lin Pedersen
@thomasp85
Maker of tools focusing on data science and data visualisation
Guangchuang Yu
@guangchuangyu
Professor of Bioinformatics at Southern Medical University.
Rob J Hyndman
@robjhyndman
Professor of Statistics at Monash University, Australia
Romain François
@romainfrancois
I can help with #rstats related projects
Dean Attali
@daattali
Founder & Lead R-Shiny consultant @ AttaliTech Ltd. Passionate about writing open source tools. Extreme traveller.
About This Ranking
CodeRank currently indexes 173 developers with primary R activity. The leaderboard combines contribution velocity, repository quality, and influence signals from public GitHub data.
Average follower reach in this segment is 693, and indexed profiles contribute across 11,684 public repositories. Rankings update continuously as new repository and profile data is refreshed in the platform.
Methodology note: CodeRank scores blend engagement, creator impact, and network influence. To understand weighting and score mechanics in detail, review the CodeRank methodology guide.
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Last updated: 10/1/2026, 10:20:44 PM UTC