useR! 2024 Report

Overview

241 in-person/hybrid participants and 6 virtual participants responded to the survey.

Demographics of Participants

Age

(Q: How old are you?)

Age	n	%
NA	3	1
< 25	16	6
25 - 34	107	43
35 - 44	80	32
45 - 54	33	13
> 54	8	3

Country of origin

(Q: What is your country of origin?)

Counts < 3 are replaced with 1.5 to preserve anonymity, with the NA count adjusted to maintain the total count.

Origin	iso3c	n
Algeria	DZA	1.5
Argentina	ARG	5.0
Australia	AUS	1.5
Austria	AUT	39.0
Belgium	BEL	1.5
Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	1.5
Brazil	BRA	5.0
Bulgaria	BGR	1.5
Canada	CAN	1.5
China	CHN	1.5
Colombia	COL	1.5
Croatia	HRV	3.0
Cyprus	CYP	3.0
Czechia	CZE	3.0
Denmark	DNK	1.5
Ecuador	ECU	1.5
Finland	FIN	1.5
France	FRA	8.0
Germany	DEU	60.0
Ghana	GHA	1.5
Hong Kong SAR China	HKG	1.5
Hungary	HUN	1.5
India	IND	5.0
Ireland	IRL	1.5
Italy	ITA	6.0
Kazakhstan	KAZ	1.5
Malaysia	MYS	1.5
Mexico	MEX	1.5
Netherlands	NLD	6.0
New Zealand	NZL	4.0
Norway	NOR	1.5
Poland	POL	11.0
Romania	ROU	4.0
Russia	RUS	3.0
Singapore	SGP	1.5
Slovakia	SVK	1.5
South Africa	ZAF	1.5
South Korea	KOR	1.5
Spain	ESP	8.0
Sri Lanka	LKA	1.5
Sweden	SWE	4.0
Switzerland	CHE	5.0
Thailand	THA	1.5
United Kingdom	GBR	11.0
United States	USA	9.0
Uruguay	URY	1.5
NA	NA	6.0

Continent of origin	n	%
Africa	3	1
Asia	18	7
Europe	185	76
North America	12	5
Oceania	5	2
South America	15	6
NA	9	4

Country of residence

(Q: In what country do you currently reside?)

Counts < 3 are replaced with 1.5 to preserve anonymity, with the NA count adjusted to maintain the total count.

Residence	iso3c	n
Argentina	ARG	1.5
Australia	AUS	9.0
Austria	AUT	53.0
Belgium	BEL	1.5
Brazil	BRA	3.0
Bulgaria	BGR	1.5
Canada	CAN	1.5
Croatia	HRV	1.5
Cyprus	CYP	3.0
Czechia	CZE	1.5
Denmark	DNK	1.5
Finland	FIN	1.5
France	FRA	7.0
Germany	DEU	52.0
Hungary	HUN	1.5
India	IND	4.0
Ireland	IRL	1.5
Italy	ITA	5.0
Netherlands	NLD	8.0
New Zealand	NZL	1.5
Norway	NOR	3.0
Poland	POL	4.0
Romania	ROU	3.0
Russia	RUS	1.5
Serbia	SRB	1.5
Singapore	SGP	1.5
Slovakia	SVK	1.5
South Korea	KOR	1.5
Spain	ESP	5.0
Sweden	SWE	6.0
Switzerland	CHE	23.0
Thailand	THA	1.5
United Kingdom	GBR	15.0
United States	USA	11.0
Uruguay	URY	1.5
NA	NA	6.0

Continent of residence	n	%
Asia	12	5
Europe	201	83
North America	12	5
Oceania	11	5
South America	6	2
NA	5	2

Racial/ethnic identity

(Q: What racial/ethnic group(s) do you identify with?)

Respondents could select multiple options.

Ethnicity	n	%
NA	26	11
Asian or Pacific Islander	18	7
Hispanic/Latinx	14	6
White	182	74
Other Ethnicity	7	3

The following ethnic categories were represented in the “Other Ethnicity” count: Black/African/Caribbean, Middle-Eastern/North-African, Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups.

Gender

(Q: What is your gender?)

barplot_gender	n	%
NA	15	6
Gender Diverse	8	3
Man	152	62
Woman	72	29

Disability

(Q: Do you have any disabilities or impairments that affect the way you work/study or place special requirements on your working/learning environment?)

6% of respondents (n = 14) declared a disability or impairment that affects the way they work or study.

(Q: What kind of disability do you have?)

The following disabilities were represented among useR! 2024 participants:

A vision impairment
A hearing impairment
A mobility impairment
A learning disability
A mental health disorder
Other disability

Participants specified the following under “Other disability”: dysautonomia, autism & ADHD .

LGBTQIA+ identity

(Q: Do you identify as LGBTQIA+?)

9% of respondents (n = 23) identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or another sexual or gender minority.

Education & Life situation

Education level

(Q: What is the highest level of education you have completed?)

Education	n	%
NA	1	0
High School	7	3
Undergraduate	29	12
Master/Professional	108	44
Doctorate	102	41

(Q: Are you currently a student?)

23% of respondents (n = 56) declared they were currently students, 38% (n = 21) of these students were part-time.

Employment status

(Q: What is your current employment status?)

Employment	n	%
NA	2	1
Academia	90	34
Government/Non-profit	52	20
Industry	95	36
Non-salaried student	5	2
Self-employed	13	5
Unemployed/Retired	6	2

(Q: If in paid employment, are you:)

95% of respondents (n = 234) declared they had paid employment, 14% (n = 32) of these respondents only had part-time paid work.

Caregiving status

(Q: Do you have any children or adults that depend on you for day-to-day care?)

31% of respondents (n = 77) have children or adults that depend on them for day-to-day care.

Interest in R

R Users

(Q: What is your interest in useR!?)

95% of respondents (n = 234) said that they use R.

Length of experience

(Q: How long have you been using R for?)

Experience	n	%
< 1 year	6	3
1-2 years	8	3
2-5 years	40	17
5-10 years	84	36
> 10 years	96	41

Non R Users

3% of respondents (n = 8) said that they are interested in starting to use R.

Involvement in useR!

(Q: Was this your first useR!?)

68% (n = 169) said they were attending useR! for the first time

Sessions attended

(Q: What type of sessions did you attend?)

Attendance	n	%
Keynotes (K)	237	98
Regular talks (R)	237	98
Lightning talks (L)	209	87
Tutorials (T)	192	80
Posters (P)	184	76
Social events (S)	152	63

Sessions	n
K-R-L-P-T-S	103
K-R-L-P-T	37
K-R-L-T	15
K-R-L-T-S	15
K-R-L-P-S	13
K-R-L-P	12
K-R-L-S	7
K-R-P-T-S	7
None	6
K-R-L	6
K-R-P-T	6
K-R-T-S	4
K-R	2
K-R-P	2
K-R-T	2
R	2
K	1
K-L-S	1
K-P-T	1
K-R-P-S	1
K-R-S	1
K-T	1
R-P	1
R-P-T	1

Financial support

(Q: Were you offered financial support to attend the in-person conference?

Counts < 5 are replaced with 2.5 to preserve anonymity, with the NA count adjusted to maintain the total count.

support	n	%
No, not offered	10.0	4
No, did not apply	171.0	69
No, unaware of scholarships	45.0	18
Yes, registration	5.0	2
Yes, registration + travel	2.5	1
NA	13.5	5

Satisfaction with useR!

Q: How satisfied were you with the following aspects of the useR! program?

Events

Session Type	Score	n	%
Keynotes	1	3	1
Keynotes	2	7	3
Keynotes	3	50	23
Keynotes	4	89	40
Keynotes	5	73	33
Lightning talks	1	10	5
Lightning talks	2	23	12
Lightning talks	3	66	34
Lightning talks	4	73	37
Lightning talks	5	23	12
Posters	1	2	1
Posters	2	18	10
Posters	3	61	33
Posters	4	72	39
Posters	5	31	17
Regular talks	2	3	1
Regular talks	3	28	13
Regular talks	4	140	64
Regular talks	5	49	22
Social Events	1	2	1
Social Events	2	12	8
Social Events	3	27	18
Social Events	4	54	35
Social Events	5	58	38
Tutorials	1	2	1
Tutorials	2	5	3
Tutorials	3	28	16
Tutorials	4	71	39
Tutorials	5	74	41

Accessibility practices

(Q: How would you rate the accessibility practices this year?)

Accessibility Type	Score	n	%
Accessibility of the materials	1	2	1
Accessibility of the materials	2	6	4
Accessibility of the materials	3	27	19
Accessibility of the materials	4	46	32
Accessibility of the materials	5	64	44
Availability of the materials	1	2	1
Availability of the materials	2	5	3
Availability of the materials	3	32	18
Availability of the materials	4	69	38
Availability of the materials	5	73	40
Caption quality	1	4	3
Caption quality	2	6	5
Caption quality	3	23	18
Caption quality	4	43	34
Caption quality	5	50	40
Information + schedule platform	1	2	1
Information + schedule platform	2	13	7
Information + schedule platform	3	42	22
Information + schedule platform	4	70	36
Information + schedule platform	5	66	34

General organization

(Q: How satisfied were you with the following aspects of the useR! organization?)

Organization Type	Score	n	%
In person venue	1	3	1
In person venue	2	21	10
In person venue	3	67	31
In person venue	4	77	36
In person venue	5	47	22
Registration process	1	3	1
Registration process	2	12	6
Registration process	3	47	22
Registration process	4	80	38
Registration process	5	71	33
Social media	1	4	3
Social media	2	14	11
Social media	3	31	24
Social media	4	46	36
Social media	5	32	25
Virtual event setup	1	4	7
Virtual event setup	2	3	5
Virtual event setup	3	8	14
Virtual event setup	4	21	36
Virtual event setup	5	22	38
Website	1	4	2
Website	2	16	8
Website	3	58	28
Website	4	88	42
Website	5	42	20

Would you attend a future useR!?

(Q: Will you attend a future useR!?)

Online

(Q: Would you attend a future online useR! conference?)

futureOnline	n	%
NA	34	14
Definitely no	8	3
Maybe	97	39
Yes, if hybrid	24	10
Definitely yes	84	34

In-person

(Q: Would you attend a future in-person useR! conference?)

Counts < 5 are replaced with 2.5 to preserve anonymity, with the NA count adjusted to maintain the total count.

futureInPerson	n	%
Definitely no	2.5	1
Maybe, location-dependent	78.0	32
Maybe, location-independent	12.0	5
Yes, if hybrid	5.0	2
Definitely yes	124.0	50
NA	25.5	10

General comments

Q: Do you have other comments on the useR! conference series?

Feedback from non-participants

2 people responded to the survey to give feedback as a potential participant that did not attend the conference.

Interest in useR! conference

“Non-participant respondents were interested in useR! due to their interest in the following areas:”

Area of Interest	n
Data science	1
R (as current user)	1

Reasons for not participating

(Q: Did you participate in useR! 2024?) (Q: (Conditional on 17) Why did you not participate?)

Reason	n
I did not have the time	1
I could not afford the registration fee for the in person event	0
I could not afford the travel expenses for the in person event	0
I did not have sufficient internet access for the virtual event	0
My visa application was denied for the in person event	0
The content was not interesting	0
The in person or virtual event was not accessible for me	0
NA	1

Application for financial support

(Q: Did you apply for a diversity or needs-based scholarship?)

support	n
No, not offered	0
No, did not apply	0
No, unaware of scholarships	0
Yes, registration	0
Yes, registration + travel	0
NA	2

Would you attend a future useR!?

(Q: Will you attend a future useR!?)

Online

50% of respondents (n = 1) responded “Maybe” when asked if they planned to attend a future online useR!

In-person

50% of respondents (n = 1) responded “Maybe, depending on the location” when asked if they planned to attend a future in-person useR!