million times and over the last few years <code>ggplot2</code> has become the foundation for numerous other packages which expand its functionality even more. <code>ggplot2</code> is now part of the <a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/">tidyverse</a> collection of R packages.</p>
<p>It’s important to note that <code>ggplot2</code> is not <strong>required</strong> to make “fancy” and informative figures in R. If you prefer using base R graphics then feel free to continue as almost all <code>ggplot2</cod