A look at the trends for "R programming", compared to "Python programming", is quite interesting too: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=R%20programming%2C%

A look at the trends for "R programming", compared to "Python programming", is quite interesting too: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=R%20programming%2C%20python%20programming&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=R%20programming%2C%20... (Their curves are more or less parallel since 2011)