We help people learn R for data analysis
Rsquared Academy makes free eBooks, open-source R packages and interactive courses for people who want to analyse data with R.
Our story
For years we've published free material for learning R: online eBooks, blog tutorials and videos that start from your first line of code and go on to wrangling and plotting data.
Along the way we built open-source R packages for everyday analysis work, including olsrr for regression models, descriptr for descriptive statistics and rfm for customer segmentation.
We've also learned that free material isn't enough for many learners. Reading about R is one thing; writing code, running it and finding out straight away what to fix is how it sticks.
So we're rebuilding our courses and learning platform from scratch, so you can learn R in your browser with instant feedback. The first three free courses open in December 2026. Our current courses stay open on Thinkific while we move each one to the new platform.
How we work
Real R, real data
You learn by writing R on small, realistic datasets, the way analysts use it at work.
Free to learn
Our eBooks are free to read, and the Foundations courses are free to take.
Open on GitHub
Our R packages and course material are open source on GitHub. Read the material at courses.rsquaredacademy.com.
The team behind the R packages olsrr, descriptr and rfm
Our packages are on CRAN, and their code is open on GitHub.
Our open-source R packages have been downloaded more than 2.8 million times.
Source: CRAN download logs, October 2026.
Get in touch
Questions about the courses, the eBooks or our packages? Email us at support@rsquaredacademy.com.
Get updates
Hear when the free courses open in December 2026. We email about once a month.