datarati

English

Etymology

From data +‎ -erati.

Noun

datarati (uncountable)

1. People with a professional or otherwise profound interest in data, considered as a class; data analysts, statisticians.
   • 2009 May 22, Wired:

     Varian believes that a new era is dawning for what you might call the datarati—and it's all about harnessing supply and demand.

   • 2014 August 15, Peta Bee, The Australian:

     Self-monitoring has become a serious status symbol of healthy intent — everyone wants to become part of the “datarati”.

   • 2016 July 14, Mark Hay, “Datagasm”, in Aeon:

     That pot of numbers is itself porn for the global datarati – the folks who love nothing more than dissecting humanity by the numbers and restructuring the world to streamline our impulses in the name of efficiency.