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R Syntax installs statistics

By REditorSupport (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

R Synxtax Highlight for Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

R Syntax has 967,615 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #548 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
967,615
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#548
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 1.00 / 5 from 1 ratings

About R Syntax

R Syntax Highlight

This Visual Studio Code extension provides syntax highlighting for R and R Markdown extensions.

It brings more consistency with other VS Code language syntaxes (such as Python and C) and Sublime Text R syntax.

It only contains syntax definitions to allow users to switch to alternative formatters and language servers such as air and ark.

Installation

The releases are available in VSCode Marketplace or Open VSX Registry. Search for extension "R Syntax".

Contribution

If you are interesting in contributing to the syntaxes, feel free to clone the repository and edit the r.yaml and rmd.yaml files under the syntaxes directroy. In order to build the json files, you will need to install node.js and run

You should also run the grammar tests located in the tests/testdata. See vscode-tmgrammar-test for details.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • R
  • R Language
  • R Markdown
  • R Syntax
  • rmd

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Adoption over time

R Syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 967,615 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.R SyntaxInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days967,615installs964K964.5K965K965.5K966K966.5K967K967.5K968KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
R Syntax installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 967,615 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

R Syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.R SyntaxInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace967,615installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
R Syntax installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

R Syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #548 (by installs).R SyntaxVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#548current rank#546#547#548#549#550#551Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
R Syntax VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #548 (by installs).

Ratings over time

R Syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.R SyntaxRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days1ratings0.9111.11.1Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
R Syntax ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 1 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 28, #8 (overall #548)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 11, #7 (overall #207)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for R Syntax
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=REditorSupport.r-syntax. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.