Welcome to Yummly Labs

You already love the Yummly brand, along with all the great recipes and food news we bring to you. But have you ever considered the numbers, data science, and metrics that we analyze every day? If that sounds like your cup of tea, check out Yummly Labs!

Yummly prides itself on being a data-driven company; Our product strategies are informed user actions and experiences. We aim to gather, track, analyze, and use our collected data in a meaningful way – and this is no small task. In fact, it’s quite complex and fascinating when you consider all the moving parts that go into understanding the way people browse, search and select the recipes they cook and eat. That’s why Yummly is equipped with a stupendous team of analysts, linguists, food data specialists, and Machine Learning experts that make all the magic happen.

We know how to make data and numbers look sexy and compelling and love telling stories through data and research. Think of this blog as our workshop, our garage, our laboratory where the all action and the learning happens. This is a place where we show you bits of our findings and discoveries, and where we invite you to digest them and tell us what you think. This is where we share our excitement over the tools that help us create a powerful product.

Above: The top search terms on Yummly since the start of 2013.
What will people be searching 6 months from now?

If you have ideas for the types of articles and number crunching you would like to see from Yummly Labs, let us know in the comments!