Se trata de un proyecto de software libre, resultado de la implementación GNU del premiado lenguaje S

Además, R puede integrarse con distintas bases de datos y existen bibliotecas que facilitan su utilización desde lenguajes de programación interpretados como Perl y Python

R hereda de S su orientación a objetos. La tarea de extender R se ve facilitada por su permisiva política de lexical scoping.[

Incorporación de R en el mundo empresarial

El análisis de los grandes datos en forma de datos de medios sociales es un ejemplo

Si bien otro software de análisis puede realizar funciones similares, R le brinda un medio para explorar los datos de formas diferentes, rápidamente, en un entorno, luego compartirlo con otros de forma gráfic

The R statistical software is the fastest growing analytics platform in the world, and is established in both academia and corporations for robustness, reliability and accuracy.

Create beautiful and unique data visualizations Representing complex data with charts and graphs is an essential part of the data analysis process, and R goes far beyond the traditional bar chart and line plot. Heavily influenced by thought leaders in data visualization like Bill Cleveland and Edward Tufte, R makes it easy to draw meaning from multidimensional data with multi-panel charts, 3-D surfaces and more. The custom charting capabilities of R are featured in many of the stunning infographics seen in the New York Times, The Economist, and the FlowingData blog.

Because it has an unusually strong community around it, you can find R libraries for almost anything under the sun — making virtually any kind of data science capability accessible without new code. R is exciting because of who is working on it, and how much net-new innovation is happening on a daily basis. the R community is one of the most thrilling places to be in Big Data right now. R is a also wonderful way to future-proof your Big Data program. In the last few months, literally thousands of new features have been introduced, replete with publicly available knowledge bases for every analysis type you’d want to do as an organization.

al margen de los datos estructurados que podemos extraer: usuario, conexiones con otros usuarios, fecha y hora de publicación

con el lenguaje R y las funciones especializadas podemos trasladar las informaciones