A language is made popular by its ecosystem. R has not only the latest statistical tools implemented through packages but also domain-specific ones. I use both

A language is made popular by its ecosystem. R has not only the latest statistical tools implemented through packages but also domain-specific ones. I use both R and Python, but for data analysis, modeling, and plotting - R is much ahead of Python. Find an obscure or cutting edge method, and chances are someone has implemented it in R. And the package system is absolutely smooth. I have never till today had any issue and I have used it on a weekly basis for the past 6 years.