The R community is a special one; useRs of all ranks welcome and support new beginners as well as each other.

Get (and give) help#

RStudio Community is a warm and welcoming online discussion forum to ask (and answer!) any questions about using R. You’ll need to learn how to make a reprex / insert datapasta gif

Stay up to date#

Following the online R Weekly newsletter is another way to keep up with the community. There you’ll read about the latest package and event announcements, as well as new educational content like online tutorials and blog posts.

Find a local user group#

If you are looking to network and meet other useRs in person, try finding your local R meet-up group and attending an event.

If you are a member of an underrepresented gender minority (including but not limited to cis/trans women, trans men, non-binary, genderqueer, agender), we strongly encourage you to join R-Ladies . There is an R-Ladies community slack to help you meet other members, and there are local chapters that meet in person now in over 47 countries. If there is not a chapter near you, consider joining R-Ladies remote .

Find your flock at rstudio::conf#

Each year at rstudio::conf , we set asign time and space for “Birds of a Feather” (BoF) sessions. These sessions are pretty casual- basically a time and a place to meet with other useRs and to foster relationships among people doing similar work. If you plan to attend the next conference, this is a great way to make more connections and meet folks in your field in person. You can see the 2019 BoF sessions here .