Data Mining Poll Data Over the Years

While KDnuggets Tools are not scientific, and occasionally vendors become overly enthusiastic, they are a useful reflection of popularity of analytics and data mining tool. In particular, they accurately reflect the rise of open-source tools, such as R and RapidMiner, at the expense of market share of tools like Clementine.

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Anne Milley used JMP to analyze the results of the last 10 KDnuggets Data Mining Tools Polls - here is a preview of her results.

See also a very nice animation of commercial, open-source, and own code proportion and her full blog at Data Mining Poll Data Over the Years.

Here are the past KDnuggets polls

• 2010 Poll: Data Mining / Analytic Tools Used
• 2009 Poll: Data Mining Tools Used
• 2008 Poll: What data mining tools have you used for a real project in the past 6 months?
• 2007 Poll: Data Mining / Analytic Software (Tools)
• 2006 Poll: Data mining tools
• 2005 Poll: Data mining tools you used
• 2004 Poll: Data mining software you use frequently 2003 Poll: Data mining tools you regularly use
• 2002 Poll: What data mining tools you regularly use?
• 2001 Poll: Data mining tools you regularly use
• 2000 Poll: Data Mining Tools You Regularly Use