Top Algorithms and Methods Used by Data Scientists

Latest KDnuggets poll identifies the list of top algorithms actually used by Data Scientists, finds surprises including the most academic and most industry-oriented algorithms. Latest KDnuggets Poll asked Which methods/algorithms you used in the past 12 months for an actual Data Science-related application? . Here are the results, based on 844 voters. The top 10 algorithms (and methods) and their share of voters are: Figure 1: Top 10 algorithms & methods used by Data Scientists. See full table of all algorithms and methods at the end of the post.