Josh Starmer

Josh Starmer is the best-selling author of The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Machine Learning and The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Neural Networks and AI and is the person behind the popular YouTube channel, StatQuest with Josh Starmer. Josh is called the “Patron Saint of Silicon Valley” because people binge-watch StatQuest videos before job interviews, the “Bill Nye of Statistics” because he makes the topic fun and exciting, and the “Bob Ross of Data” because he helps people relax by cutting through the hype and by singing Silly Songs.

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.