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Who decided British place names should be this confusing?
Hello! Jack from the App team here checking in with a Weekly Chart inspired by the …
March 20th, 2025 by Jack Goodall
5 min
Mind the gap, scale the map (markers)
March 13th, 2025 by Michael Do Thoi
3 min
Is this miserable London weather for real?!
March 6th, 2025 by Elliot Bentley
3 min
Mapping a Super Bowl halftime show
February 27th, 2025 by Antonio Sarcevic
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 25: German elections and three years of war in Ukraine
February 25th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
10 min
Radish to romanesco: A year in vegetables
February 20th, 2025 by Ceren Dolma
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 18: German election polls, corruption, and tariffs
February 18th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
9 min
New: Small multiple column charts in Datawrapper
February 18th, 2025 by Elliot Bentley
9 min
Brewing a new map of Europe
February 12th, 2025 by Linus Aarnio
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 11: Super Bowl, minerals, and Baltic states
February 11th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
8 min
New: Add comparison columns for election reporting and more
February 7th, 2025 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
3 min
Pay to play
February 6th, 2025 by Shaylee Safie
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 4: Aviation, mayors, and dinosaurs
February 4th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Fix my chart » Maps as guides
February 3rd, 2025 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Reading around the world
January 30th, 2025 by Erle Monfils
6 min
Read “How to lie with maps” by Mark Monmonier with us!
January 29th, 2025 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 28: Snowfall, astronauts, and electricity
January 28th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Meet the tracking companies that follow you around the internet
January 22nd, 2025 by Jona Pomerance
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 21: AI, inauguration, and ceasefire
January 21st, 2025 by Vivien Serve
10 min
New: Combine series with different intervals in line charts
January 20th, 2025 by Luc Guillemot
4 min
Social (and other) networks in Datawrapper
January 16th, 2025 by Julian Freyberg
9 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 14: Fire, congestion, and Greenland
January 14th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
11 min
Election madness 2024 — one year in the Data Vis Dispatch
January 9th, 2025 by Vivien Serve
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 7
January 7th, 2025 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
🍎 and 🍏, but no raspberry emoji 🤔
January 2nd, 2025 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Data Vis Lists, 2024
December 31st, 2024 by Vivien Serve
5 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2024?
December 26th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Point after point
December 19th, 2024 by Marten Sigwart
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 17: Holiday special
December 17th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
18 min
What we built for you in 2024
December 16th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
12 min
Fix my chart » Simple data
December 13th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Flight delays? Snow problem.
December 12th, 2024 by Michael Do Thoi
3 min
How to find & create good color palettes
December 11th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
21 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 10
December 10th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
10 min
Argentina’s escape from Kafka’s castle
December 5th, 2024 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 3
December 3rd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
We’re waiting longer than ever for our favorite TV shows to return
November 28th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 26
November 26th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Building accessible sites with SvelteKit: seven practical tips
November 25th, 2024 by Antonio Sarcevic
12 min
New York’s slow (noisy, polluted) road to congestion pricing
November 21st, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 19
November 19th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
10 min
The gender income gap, squared
November 14th, 2024 by Luc Guillemot
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 12
November 12th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
10 min
How a flower became the main character of the late Pleistocene
November 7th, 2024 by Eleni Tsagkaropoulou
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 5
November 5th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
11 min
New: Annotations in bar, range, and dot charts
November 1st, 2024 by Ivan Lokhov
6 min
What are Americans afraid of?
October 31st, 2024 by Elliot Bentley
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 29
October 29th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
New: Arrow maps
October 29th, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
3 min
A retrospective of 15 years of data visualization projects
October 24th, 2024 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 22
October 22nd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Into the Death Zone
October 17th, 2024 by Linus Aarnio
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 15
October 15th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
11 min
We’re hiring a Werkstudent*in Social Media & Communications
October 15th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Read “Practical Charts” by Nick Desbarats with us!
October 14th, 2024 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
7 min
The world could be your oyster, but it depends on your passport
October 10th, 2024 by Ceren Dolma
4 min
What to consider when choosing colors for race, ethnicity, and world regions
October 9th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 8
October 8th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Why bi visibility matters
October 3rd, 2024 by Antonio Sarcevic
4 min
We’re hiring a Visual Designer
October 2nd, 2024 by David Wendler
6 min
We’re hiring a Data Vis Product Designer
October 2nd, 2024 by David Wendler
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 1
October 2nd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Fix my chart » Sequential storytelling
September 30th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
My first Weekly Chart… about what?!
September 26th, 2024 by Erle Monfils
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 24
September 24th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Say Hi to Ceren!
September 24th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Poles (and others) at the polls in Pennsylvania
September 19th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
New: Automatically label data points in line charts
September 18th, 2024 by Luc Guillemot
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 17
September 17th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Raising relief maps from a line chart
September 12th, 2024 by Jack Goodall
5 min
New: Comments & notifications in Datawrapper
September 11th, 2024 by Linus Aarnio
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 10
September 10th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Fix my chart » Using text elements
September 9th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Google searching for election outcomes
September 5th, 2024 by Shaylee Safie
5 min
New: Add patterns to choropleth maps
September 5th, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 3
September 3rd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Germany’s richest people are indeed very, very rich
August 29th, 2024 by Gustav Neustadt
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 27
August 27th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Introducing Datawrapper for PowerPoint
August 27th, 2024 by David Kokkelink
5 min
How bicycle friendly is Germany?
August 22nd, 2024 by Pascal Bürkle
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 20
August 20th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
A bad chart got better – and then bad again
August 15th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 13
August 13th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
10 min
Watch the recordings of Unwrapped, our conference
August 12th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Is all fitness tracker data just an n=1 experiment?
August 8th, 2024 by Livnah
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 6
August 6th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
The battle for streams (and what it’s doing to music)
August 1st, 2024 by Julian Freyberg
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 30
July 30th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
11 min
Dinosaurs: Long dead but still on the move
July 25th, 2024 by Jonathan Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 23
July 23rd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Say Hi to Erle!
July 19th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Practical tactical voting
July 18th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
2 min
Fix my chart » Compact tables
July 17th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 16
July 16th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
The history of left-handedness
July 11th, 2024 by Antonio Sarcevic
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 9
July 9th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Every meteorite we saw falling down to earth
July 4th, 2024 by David Wendler
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 2
July 2nd, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
We’re hiring a UI / UX designer with experience in data visualization
June 28th, 2024 by David Wendler
6 min
We’re hiring a UI / UX designer with experience in brand and visual communication
June 28th, 2024 by David Wendler
6 min
The problem with long term investments
June 27th, 2024 by Mirko Lorenz
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 25
June 25th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
New: Stay organized with a more powerful, faster visualization archive
June 25th, 2024 by David Kokkelink
4 min
Could you add a map of Kirkjubæjarklaustur?
June 20th, 2024 by Eleni Tsagkaropoulou
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 18
June 18th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Read “Chart Spark” by Alli Torban with us!
June 17th, 2024 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
7 min
Visualizing music
June 13th, 2024 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
4 min
Fix my chart » Map annotations
June 12th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 11
June 11th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 4
June 4th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
After 20 years of streaming, how is the music industry doing?
May 30th, 2024 by Alexander Käßner
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 28
May 28th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Does drinking coffee make your country richer?
May 23rd, 2024 by Pascal Bürkle
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 21
May 21st, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
How do we use the Earth’s land?
May 16th, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
7 min
Say Hi to Gustav!
May 15th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 14
May 14th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
The first platform wars
May 9th, 2024 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Fix my chart » The y-axis
May 8th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 7
May 7th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Family trees, heat maps, waffle charts — here’s what Cédric Scherer created for the #30DayChartChallenge
May 3rd, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Easier, faster, and more flexible line chart editing
May 2nd, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
5 min
Where to get Bojangles biscuits
May 2nd, 2024 by Elliot Bentley
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 30
April 30th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
Music festivals in Europe
April 25th, 2024 by Alexander Käßner
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 23
April 23rd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
6 min
Humanity deserves more humane drug policies
April 18th, 2024 by Antonio Sarcevic
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 16
April 16th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Say Hi to Jonathan!
April 15th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
New in symbol and choropleth maps: cropped view and inset maps
April 12th, 2024 by Elliot Bentley
3 min
A total eclipse in photos
April 11th, 2024 by Shaylee Safie
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 9
April 9th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Where would Germany be without Fukushima?
April 4th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 2
April 2nd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
French people are losing confidence in the Paris Olympics
March 28th, 2024 by Jack Goodall
3 min
New: Keep your account secure with two-factor-authentication
March 27th, 2024 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 26
March 26th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
New: Control height of responsive line charts, column charts, and scatter plots
March 22nd, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
4 min
Household work: More equal, but far from equal
March 21st, 2024 by Linus Aarnio
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 19
March 19th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Introducing edit history: Restore past versions of your visualizations
March 14th, 2024 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Introducing live collaboration in Datawrapper
March 14th, 2024 by Marten Sigwart
3 min
Collaboration on the Datawrapper app team
March 14th, 2024 by Marten Sigwart
2 min
Say Hi to Linus!
March 13th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 12
March 12th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Rose Mintzer-Sweeney, Datawrapper, will speak about three years of trends in news visualizations
March 12th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Erkka Rautio, The Finnish Parliament, will talk about customizing Datawrapper tables
March 12th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, will speak about their use of the Datawrapper API to power a drought tracker
March 11th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Elana Levin Schtulberg, Datawrapper, will speak about how we decide what features to add
March 11th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Victòria Oliveres, elDiario.es, will speak about how her team is using Datawrapper
March 8th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Shh! Animals are sleeping
March 7th, 2024 by Livnah
3 min
Kiko Llaneras, El País, will speak about coding Datawrapper histograms, beeswarms, and more in R
March 7th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Taylor Orth, YouGov, will speak about using Datawrapper to visualize public opinion
March 7th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Paula Guisado & Jaime Gutiérrez, DatosRTVE, will speak about a dataviz workflow for breaking news
March 6th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Say Hi to Eleni!
March 6th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Phil Holm, Associated Press, will speak about syncing your brand to Datawrapper
March 6th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Ana Bertol, Odd Data & Design Studio, will speak about helping scientists make their data speak with Datawrapper
March 5th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 5
March 5th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Lalon Sander, taz/NDR, will speak about automating HTML buttons to link multiple charts
March 5th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Taylor Bednarz, Maricopa County, will speak about rapid deploying of a COVID-19 vaccine data webpage
March 4th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
We’re hiring a support engineer
March 4th, 2024 by Margaux Bourdon
9 min
Alex Hamilton, Dealroom.co, will speak about building products with Datawrapper’s live functionality
March 4th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Sören Müller-Hansen & Markus „fin“ Hametner, Süddeutsche Zeitung, will speak about their use of the API
March 1st, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Matilda Davies, The Times, will speak about creating a Datawrapper workflow
March 1st, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Patrick Stotz, Der Spiegel, will speak about their 7 most satisfying Datawrapper workarounds
February 29th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
The Great Drowning of Men
February 29th, 2024 by Hendrik Bartusch
5 min
Ceren Dolma, freelance cartographer, will speak about mapping narratives with Datawrapper
February 28th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Philipp David Pries, IPPEN.MEDIA, will speak about exploring new territories in locator maps
February 28th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Jared Whalen, Axios, will speak about batch-creating Datawrapper visualizations
February 27th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 27
February 27th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Pearl Kyei, University of Ghana, will speak about showing regional trends with tables
February 27th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Julia Wolfe, Reuters, will speak about bringing Datawrapper to a newsroom
February 26th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Ben Kates, Urban Institute, will speak about extending Datawrapper tooltips with Svelte
February 26th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Matthew Montesano, NYC DOHMH, will speak about a revolution in government data communication strategy
February 23rd, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Remaking a 200-year-old chart
February 22nd, 2024 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
Muna Alebri, UCL, will speak about right-to-left data visualizations
February 22nd, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Lucy Block, ANHD, will speak about shifting public narratives with data visualization
February 21st, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Jon McClure & Ben Welsh, Reuters, will speak about automating hundreds of charts each week
February 20th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 20
February 20th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Read “The Art of Insight” by Alberto Cairo with us!
February 19th, 2024 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
4 min
Anna Lombardi, Copernicus Climate Change Service, will speak about using Datawrapper in different organizations
February 19th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Downs and ups in the crossword
February 15th, 2024 by Michael Do Thoi
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 13
February 13th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
The shapes of a working day
February 8th, 2024 by Elliot Bentley
2 min
What to consider when creating small multiple line charts
February 7th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 6
February 6th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
6 min
New: Small multiple line charts in Datawrapper
February 5th, 2024 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
11 min
What happened to the seven bridges in Königsberg?
February 2nd, 2024 by Anna Thieme
5 min
Harder, better, faster, stronger… forever?
February 1st, 2024 by Julian Freyberg
6 min
Are connected scatterplots so bad?
January 31st, 2024 by Luc Guillemot
8 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 30
January 30th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Amanda Cox, Bloomberg, will give a keynote about making better simple charts
January 29th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Julius Tröger, ZEIT Online, will speak about animations, live dashboards, and scroll formats
January 29th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
C.J. Sinner, Star Tribune, will speak about making four unique charts with Datawrapper scatterplots
January 29th, 2024 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Visualizing vernacular variety in various vinyls
January 25th, 2024 by Jack Goodall
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 23
January 23rd, 2024 by Vivien Serve
6 min
Connecting the dots of population growth in Germany
January 18th, 2024 by Luc Guillemot
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 16
January 16th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Vibes in Verse: Decoding the band TEMMIS
January 11th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 9
January 9th, 2024 by Vivien Serve
6 min
Predictions for 2023, revisited
January 4th, 2024 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
2 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2023?
December 28th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Just over half of U.S. residents can leave the U.S.
December 22nd, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Do all roads lead to Rome?
December 20th, 2023 by Anna Thieme
9 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 19
December 19th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
11 min
Looking back at my year in running data
December 14th, 2023 by Alexander Käßner
4 min
Speak at Unwrapped, the Datawrapper conference!
December 14th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 12
December 12th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Read “Questions in Dataviz” by Neil Richards with us!
December 11th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
7 min
Is there a movie franchise crisis?
December 7th, 2023 by Julian Freyberg
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 5
December 5th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Say Hi to Vivien!
December 1st, 2023 by Vivien Serve
6 min
Who might win the next UK Election?
November 30th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 28
November 28th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Mapping second first languages
November 23rd, 2023 by Jack Goodall
3 min
We’re hiring a senior data visualization developer
November 22nd, 2023 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 21
November 21st, 2023 by Vivien Serve
10 min
Germany’s highest bandwidth is a pigeon’s wingspan
November 16th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
How to get started with data visualization
November 15th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
21 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 14
November 14th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
10 min
The Unofficial NYC Subway Rat Census
November 9th, 2023 by Ivan Lokhov
2 min
From news media to Datawrapper: Six things I’ve learned in my first year
November 8th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 7
November 7th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Say Hi to Julian!
November 3rd, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A recipe for Datawrapper
November 2nd, 2023 by Antonio Sarcevic
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 31
October 31st, 2023 by Vivien Serve
9 min
Say Hi to Alex!
October 27th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Why do Swiss people die?
October 26th, 2023 by Luc Guillemot
4 min
New: Browse through our River favorites
October 26th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
What we learned from migrating our web app to SvelteKit
October 25th, 2023 by Marten Sigwart
18 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 24
October 24th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
8 min
Love in the fast lane
October 19th, 2023 by Michael Do Thoi
3 min
Read “Building Science Graphics” by Jen Christiansen with us!
October 18th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 17
October 17th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
7 min
Remind readers of the colors in your data visualization
October 11th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
14 min
The Nobel Prize-winning theory on why the gender gap is still a thing
October 11th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Hot Strike Summer: A Prequel
October 5th, 2023 by Shaylee Safie
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 10
October 4th, 2023 by Vivien Serve
7 min
How we configured autoscaling for Datawrapper image exports
September 28th, 2023 by Jakub Valenta
3 min
Say Hi to Michi!
September 27th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 26
September 26th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Birdwatching by the billion
September 21st, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 19
September 19th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Speaking, singing, and clicking in whale
September 14th, 2023 by Marten Sigwart
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 12
September 12th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Who’s behind the wheel in the U.K.?
September 7th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 5
September 5th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Thirty days of biking in Berlin
August 31st, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 29
August 29th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
How to design a useful (and fun!) color key for your data visualization
August 28th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
23 min
The “new normal”: Charts on how we at Datawrapper slowly return to the office
August 23rd, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 22
August 22nd, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
Using DuckDB to analyze over 95 million taxi rides
August 17th, 2023 by Gregor Aisch
8 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 15
August 15th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Struve’s flat(ter) Earth
August 11th, 2023 by Anna Thieme
8 min
Fleeting encounters in Mrs. Dalloway’s London
August 10th, 2023 by Luc Guillemot
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 8
August 8th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Say Hi to Luc!
August 7th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
This is the 300th Weekly Chart
August 3rd, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 1
August 1st, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Visualizing my musical journey
July 27th, 2023 by Antonio Sarcevic
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 25
July 25th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Emphasize what you want readers to see with color
July 24th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
16 min
Special Olympic Games in Berlin
July 20th, 2023 by Livnah
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 18
July 18th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Why German trees are (and aren’t) dying
July 13th, 2023 by Pascal Bürkle
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 11
July 11th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
A fair way (or four) to look at global carbon emissions
July 6th, 2023 by Jack Goodall
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 4
July 4th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Say Hi to Antonio!
June 30th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 27
June 27th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
The most common baby names are far less common these days
June 26th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Te(a) or cha(i)?
June 22nd, 2023 by Ivan Lokhov
3 min
Join our webinars: Getting started with Datawrapper, and a Maps Deep Dive
June 20th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 20
June 20th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Say Hi to Jack!
June 16th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
British marriage, zoomed out
June 15th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 13
June 13th, 2023 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Join our webinar to learn more about Datawrapper maps
June 12th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
2 min
How long are Brits waiting to start a family?
June 8th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 6
June 6th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
A story of ice and landscape
June 2nd, 2023 by Anna Thieme
7 min
The Magdeburg skyline in an area chart
June 1st, 2023 by Hendrik Bartusch
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 30
May 31st, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Join our webinar to get started with Datawrapper
May 30th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
2 min
How Vienna found a unique model for low rent
May 25th, 2023 by Mirko Lorenz
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 23
May 23rd, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
The 2018 Central Park Squirrel Census
May 18th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
2 min
Spring in Berlin
May 11th, 2023 by Margaux Bourdon
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 9
May 9th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
What is it with backend developers and %@$*! phones?
May 4th, 2023 by Jakub Valenta
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 2
May 2nd, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
How many composers have I listened to?
April 27th, 2023 by Guillermina Sutter Schneider
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 25
April 25th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Once in Perugia, always in Perugia
April 20th, 2023 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 18
April 18th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
We’re hiring a UI/UX designer
April 17th, 2023 by David Wendler
7 min
Do we use our right to vote?
April 13th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 11
April 11th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
The bestselling Mario games of all time
April 6th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 4
April 4th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
From Eimsbüttel to Neuland: The city of Hamburg and its 100+ districts
March 30th, 2023 by David Wendler
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 28
March 28th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
The minefield in Earth’s orbit
March 23rd, 2023 by Pascal Bürkle
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 21
March 21st, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
Say Hi to Guillermina!
March 20th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
How to measure the Earth
March 16th, 2023 by Anna Thieme
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 14
March 14th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
We’re hiring!
March 13th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
2 min
Faster dashboards with web components
March 9th, 2023 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 7
March 7th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Embed Datawrapper visualizations without iframes
March 3rd, 2023 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
Families in the housing crisis
March 2nd, 2023 by Gustav Neustadt
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 28
February 28th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
A primer on Foreign Direct Investment
February 23rd, 2023 by Marten Sigwart
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 21
February 21st, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
Brazil’s unique views on race
February 16th, 2023 by Lucas “Doce” Fernandes
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 14
February 14th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
A tale of love, woe, and data vis
February 9th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 7
February 7th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
For the poor, retirement is short(er)
February 2nd, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 31
January 31st, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
Recreating a chart from history: a beginner’s look in the data vis world
January 26th, 2023 by Livnah
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 24
January 24th, 2023 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Resolve as I say, not as I do
January 19th, 2023 by Shaylee Safie
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 17
January 17th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
New Year’s around the world
January 12th, 2023 by Aya Tanikawa
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 10
January 10th, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
The biggest movies of 2022
January 5th, 2023 by Elliot Bentley
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 3
January 3rd, 2023 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2022?
December 29th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 27
December 27th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
No more white Christmas?
December 22nd, 2022 by Simon Jockers
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 20
December 20th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
6 min
Trains versus planes
December 15th, 2022 by Margaux Bourdon
5 min
New: Add a symbol size legend to your scatterplot
December 15th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 13
December 13th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
The case for speed limits
December 8th, 2022 by Simon Jockers
9 min
New: Create symbol maps with our redesigned data upload step
December 6th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 6
December 6th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
7 min
Women and hidden violence
December 1st, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
New: Sticky table columns and more
November 30th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 29
November 29th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Visualizing my year in music with a calendar heatmap
November 24th, 2022 by Lucas “Doce” Fernandes
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 22
November 22nd, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
8 min
What is driving our carbon emissions and what to do about it
November 17th, 2022 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 15
November 15th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
9 min
A gap on the map: How busy are the rails?
November 10th, 2022 by Inga Lev
11 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 8
November 8th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
7 min
When do people watch fireworks around the world?
November 3rd, 2022 by Elliot Bentley
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 1
November 1st, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
7 min
How committed are my projects?
October 27th, 2022 by Pascal Bürkle
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 25
October 25th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
8 min
How transparent are my clothes?
October 20th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 18
October 18th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Could your vote swing the Senate?
October 13th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 11
October 11th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
MariLINE Monroe: More line chart art
October 6th, 2022 by Marten Sigwart
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 4
October 4th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Which ticket should I buy?
September 29th, 2022 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
What to consider when using text in data visualizations
September 28th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
14 min
Say Hi to Veronika!
September 26th, 2022 by Veronika Halamková
4 min
Say Hi to Inga!
September 23rd, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
In the climate crisis, vulnerable countries bear the least responsibility
September 22nd, 2022 by David Wendler
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 20
September 20th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
14 min
Say Hi to Doce!
September 19th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
With a balloon toward the North Pole
September 15th, 2022 by Anna Thieme
5 min
Say Hi to Elliot!
September 14th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Which fonts to use for your charts and tables
September 12th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
20 min
Is the FIFA World Cup good or bad for the host nation’s economy?
September 8th, 2022 by John McCall
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 6
September 6th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Why web pages can have a size problem
August 31st, 2022 by David Kokkelink
2 min
How long do animals sleep?
August 25th, 2022 by Aya Tanikawa
3 min
Say Hi to Livnah!
August 24th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 23
August 23rd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Say Hi to Pascal!
August 22nd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Is the Rhine drying up?
August 18th, 2022 by Simon Jockers
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 16
August 16th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Animating a globe with a scatterplot
August 11th, 2022 by Hendrik Bartusch
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 9
August 9th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Is it a bug or a feature?
August 4th, 2022 by Jakub Valenta
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 2
August 2nd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
The masked bandits come to Germany
July 28th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 26
July 26th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
How to choose an interpolation for your color scale
July 25th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
25 min
The long way around
July 21st, 2022 by Shaylee Safie
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 19
July 19th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Are there good words to divide the world?
July 14th, 2022 by Mirko Lorenz
6 min
Say Hi to Shaylee!
July 13th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 12
July 12th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Globalization, Supply Chains, and Conflict in the Crimea
July 7th, 2022 by John McCall
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 5
July 5th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Wir stellen eine Teilzeitkraft für Büroorganisation (m/w/d) in Berlin ein
July 4th, 2022 by David Kokkelink
4 min
We’re hiring a senior backend developer
July 4th, 2022 by David Kokkelink
5 min
We’re hiring a full-stack developer
July 4th, 2022 by David Kokkelink
5 min
What background color should your data vis have?
June 30th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 28
June 28th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
Where houseplants really come from
June 23rd, 2022 by Margaux Bourdon
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 21
June 21st, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
One year in vis
June 16th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 14
June 14th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
A look at some depressing data about school shootings in the U.S.
June 9th, 2022 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Say Hi to John!
June 8th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 7
June 7th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
May 2022 set a new record for the inflation rate in Germany. Here is an overview of the last 70 years.
June 2nd, 2022 by David Wendler
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 31
May 31st, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
We’re hiring a data vis evangelist
May 31st, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
We’re hiring a data vis writer
May 31st, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
Cloudy climate… with a chance of meatballs
May 25th, 2022 by Marten Sigwart
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 24
May 24th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
Going back in time on abortion law
May 19th, 2022 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 17
May 17th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Sex and the census
May 12th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 10
May 10th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
The race to build the fastest supercomputer
May 5th, 2022 by Edurne Morillo
5 min
New: Support for right-to-left languages in all visualizations
May 4th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, May 3
May 3rd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Convenience stores on every corner
April 28th, 2022 by Aya Tanikawa
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 26
April 26th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
We’re hiring a product specialist and evangelist
April 22nd, 2022 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
8 min
Who made my clothes?
April 21st, 2022 by Margaux Bourdon
5 min
Small improvements in spring 2022
April 20th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 19
April 19th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
We’re hiring a customer success and support specialist
April 14th, 2022 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
9 min
We’re hiring a senior data visualization developer
April 14th, 2022 by David Kokkelink
5 min
We are pushing the planet over the edge
April 13th, 2022 by Simon Jockers
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 12
April 12th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
11 min
A table set for fasting
April 7th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Investopedia: “Datawrapper is taking our content to the next level”
April 6th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, April 5
April 5th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
Wheat at war
March 31st, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
A detailed guide to colors in data vis style guides
March 30th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
73 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 29
March 29th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Macron’s “Falklands effect”
March 24th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, COVID Trackers Special
March 22nd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
31 min
When will spring arrive?
March 17th, 2022 by Anna Thieme
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 15
March 15th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Flight routes and map projections
March 10th, 2022 by Aya Tanikawa
4 min
War and power
March 3rd, 2022 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, March 1
March 1st, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
16 min
It’s raining wherever I go
February 24th, 2022 by Marten Sigwart
5 min
Celebrating ten years since the Datawrapper beta
February 23rd, 2022 by Mirko Lorenz
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 22
February 22nd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
What can we learn from medieval prices and wages?
February 17th, 2022 by Mirko Lorenz
7 min
10 ways to use fewer colors in your data visualizations
February 16th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 15
February 15th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Green color shows where words match
February 10th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
New York City Department of Health: “Datawrapper was the backbone of our COVID reporting”
February 9th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 8
February 8th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
The true cost of driving
February 3rd, 2022 by Simon Jockers
6 min
KFF: “We are all-in on Datawrapper”
February 2nd, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Data Vis Dispatch, February 1
February 1st, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Lego builds itself (back) up
January 27th, 2022 by Edurne Morillo
4 min
New: Dark mode for all Datawrapper visualizations
January 26th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 25
January 25th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
More money, more COVID-19 vaccinations? Let’s look at the outliers with a bivariate map.
January 20th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 18
January 18th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Three decades of European government leaders
January 13th, 2022 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
It’s time for a more sophisticated color contrast check for data visualizations
January 12th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 11
January 11th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
How Datawrapper developers perceive the cost of function names
January 6th, 2022 by Jakub Valenta
5 min
Watch Lisa write our book on how to use colors in data vis
January 5th, 2022 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, January 4
January 5th, 2022 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2021?
December 30th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
A wave of words
December 23rd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Santa’s Helpers
December 16th, 2021 by Marten Sigwart
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 14
December 14th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Anna – the most common name in Sweden
December 9th, 2021 by Anna Thieme
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, December 7
December 8th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
The meanings of life
December 2nd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 30
November 30th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
From Osaka to Johannesburg by bike
November 25th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
7 min
Read “Visual Thinking for Information Design” with us!
November 24th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 23
November 23rd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
Queer stories of violence in Berlin
November 18th, 2021 by Rebecca Mary Peake
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 16
November 16th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Say Hi to Rebecca!
November 15th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
An early Berlin Christmas
November 11th, 2021 by Margaux Bourdon
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 9
November 9th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
12 min
An endless summer day in December
November 4th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, November 2
November 2nd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
11 min
A heatmap for the cool fall days
October 28th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 26
October 26th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
Plotting fall temperatures with our new range & value overlays in column charts
October 21st, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
How to match data with VLOOKUP in Excel & Google Sheets
October 20th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
SWI swissinfo.ch: “Datawrapper is the perfect tool for our work”
October 20th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 19
October 19th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
The give and take of volcanoes
October 14th, 2021 by Anna Thieme
3 min
Say Hi to Marten!
October 13th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 12
October 12th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Your favorite chart type is more flexible than you think
October 7th, 2021 by Aya Tanikawa
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, October 5
October 5th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Years, months, days, and hours — in one chart
September 30th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Use our completely redesigned data upload for choropleth maps
September 30th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 28
September 28th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
The climate crisis inside our heads
September 23rd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 21
September 21st, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
11 min
Shirley Wu and Nadieh Bremer on freelancing, finding inspiration, and sharing the full journey
September 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
13 min
When will Europe phase out coal?
September 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 14
September 14th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
How the Social Democrats came to lead the German polls, up-close
September 9th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, September 7
September 7th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
Which German party is the most unlucky when it comes to election dates?
September 2nd, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 31
August 31st, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
How to visualize polls and results of the German election with Datawrapper
August 27th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Is this normality yet?
August 26th, 2021 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 24
August 24th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
Days with extreme heat are likely becoming more frequent
August 19th, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 17
August 17th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
By 2037, human-made materials will outweigh all living things on Earth
August 12th, 2021 by Margaux Bourdon
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 10
August 10th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Can you raise an Olympic snowboarder in the tropics?
August 5th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, August 3
August 3rd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
10 min
Who did people spend time with in 2020?
July 29th, 2021 by Aya Tanikawa
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 27
July 27th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
9 min
In defense of simple charts
July 26th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
We’re hiring a backend developer
July 23rd, 2021 by David Kokkelink
6 min
A happy life: Does it depend on where you live?
July 22nd, 2021 by Daniela Haake
4 min
London City Hall: “Datawrapper has sparked a change”
July 21st, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 20
July 20th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
8 min
How Barcelona is claiming its streets back from cars
July 15th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
6 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 13
July 13th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
How much hotter will it get in your lifetime?
July 8th, 2021 by Hans Hack
3 min
Say Hi to Margaux!
July 7th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Data Vis Dispatch, July 6
July 6th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Three simple ideas for better election poll graphics
July 1st, 2021 by Simon Jockers
5 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 29
June 29th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
A full month more above 20°C
June 24th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Vis Dispatch, June 22
June 22nd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
6 min
Read “Data Sketches” with us!
June 21st, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Game of Life
June 17th, 2021 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
Summer is here! It’s the best time to eat fresh local fruits — and create tables
June 10th, 2021 by David Wendler
3 min
The Philadelphia Inquirer: “With Datawrapper, I bet on the right horse.”
June 7th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
8 min
Who would want to leave New York?
June 3rd, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
5 min
Show confidence intervals and value markers in Datawrapper bar charts
June 2nd, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Counting the sunny hours
May 27th, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
How do men and women spend their time?
May 20th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
4 min
New: Add place labels in choropleth and symbol maps with one click
May 19th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Say Hi to Rose!
May 18th, 2021 by Rose Mintzer-Sweeney
4 min
Why nobody knows how to pronounce my name in Japanese
May 13th, 2021 by Aya Tanikawa
9 min
New: Let your readers download and embed your visualizations
May 12th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Does a higher budget make a movie more successful?
May 6th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Three things people spent money on in 2020
April 29th, 2021 by Jakub Valenta
3 min
Let others create Datawrapper visualizations directly from your website
April 27th, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
The dancing cranes of Lake Hornborga
April 22nd, 2021 by Anna Thieme
3 min
How historic vaccination research paved the way for the COVID-19 vaccine
April 15th, 2021 by Mirko Lorenz
6 min
Commuting & Covid-19: How the pandemic changed my travel behavior
April 8th, 2021 by Simon Jockers
5 min
The Container Crunch
April 1st, 2021 by David Kokkelink
2 min
We’re improving the accessibility for Datawrapper charts and maps
March 31st, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
7 min
We’re Hiring: Join our Support & Success Team
March 29th, 2021 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
9 min
The older you get, the higher your life expectancy
March 25th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
We redesigned our website and blog
March 22nd, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Who owns the Nile?
March 18th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
6 min
Which color scale to use when visualizing data
March 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
When to use quantitative and when to use qualitative color scales
March 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
18 min
When to use sequential and when to use diverging color scales
March 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
When to use classed and when to use unclassed color scales
March 16th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
12 min
A real heatmap
March 11th, 2021 by Hendrik Bartusch
5 min
Read “Better Data Visualizations” with us!
March 8th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Datawrapper is now available in Chinese, Spanish, French, and Italian
March 5th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Datawrapper, lo strumento per la visualizzazione dei dati, è ora disponibile in lingua italiana
March 5th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
La herramienta de visualización de datos Datawrapper está ahora disponible en español
March 5th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
L’outil de visualisation de données Datawrapper est désormais disponible en français
March 5th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
数据可视化工具 Datawrapper 现已推出中文版
March 5th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Making waterlines in locator maps move: an experiment
March 4th, 2021 by Hans Hack
2 min
Our new axis ticks make your charts easier to read
March 3rd, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
We’re hiring: Become our marketing/copy writer
March 1st, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Just another hottest day ever in February
February 25th, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Is science still a man’s world?
February 18th, 2021 by Aya Tanikawa
6 min
A tilemap of Switzerland cantons – with some twists
February 11th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
The oldest U.S. Senate to date, but not the least representative
February 4th, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Read four chapters from “Data Visualization in Society” with us (it’s free)!
February 3rd, 2021 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Why are there so many Wikipedia articles in Swedish and Cebuano?
January 28th, 2021 by Ivan Lokhov
3 min
A minimal chart about global warming for the hottest year on record
January 27th, 2021 by Simon Jockers
5 min
How much money did I lose by not investing in Bitcoin?
January 14th, 2021 by Edurne Morillo
5 min
Who got vaccinated first against SARS-CoV-2?
January 7th, 2021 by Jakub Valenta
3 min
The year 2020 at Datawrapper
January 4th, 2021 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2020?
December 31st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
A chart’s worth of hope
December 24th, 2020 by David Kokkelink
2 min
How many people live in Antarctica?
December 17th, 2020 by Ivan Lokhov
3 min
Why the UK has the better system for public holidays
December 10th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Winter wonderland
December 3rd, 2020 by Hans Hack
4 min
Only about a quarter of the members of parliament worldwide are women
November 26th, 2020 by Daniela Haake
4 min
How to create an interactive infographic of our solar system with Datawrapper
November 19th, 2020 by David Wendler
5 min
How I brought column charts into map tooltips
November 12th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Visualizing the Polarized States of America
November 5th, 2020 by Simon Jockers
4 min
Create better, more responsive text annotations (yes, also on maps)
November 2nd, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Street trees & tree streets
October 29th, 2020 by Aya Tanikawa
6 min
Among us gamers
October 22nd, 2020 by Edurne Morillo
5 min
Introducing heatmaps for Datawrapper tables
October 21st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Infamous tweets
October 15th, 2020 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
11 min
How to visualize polls & results of the U.S. elections with Datawrapper
October 14th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
Introducing spike maps
October 8th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Datawrapper, JavaScript, and the Elbe
October 8th, 2020 by Hendrik Bartusch
6 min
Our new choropleth & symbol maps: Easier to use, better-looking, faster.
September 29th, 2020 by Gregor Aisch
7 min
Renewable energy is now cheaper than energy from fossil fuels
September 29th, 2020 by Mirko Lorenz
3 min
These scatter plots of heat and rain helped me understand our changing climate
September 24th, 2020 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
The moving of the Swedish mining city Kiruna
September 17th, 2020 by Anna Thieme
4 min
A post-punk chart
September 10th, 2020 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
How to pick more beautiful colors for your data visualizations
September 4th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
18 min
The year Germany lost 1.5 million people
September 3rd, 2020 by Simon Jockers
5 min
Say Hi to Edurne!
September 1st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Women graduate, men are in power.
August 28th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
200,000 words later
August 20th, 2020 by Fabian Gündel
4 min
Painting by numbers
August 13th, 2020 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
5 min
New Custom & Enterprise feature: Image Publishing
August 10th, 2020 by Fabian Gündel
6 min
Data Debate: Stop flying or become vegetarian? Part 2.
August 6th, 2020 by Edurne Morillo
6 min
New in locator maps: Pattern fills
August 4th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Data Debate: Stop flying or become vegetarian? Part 1.
July 30th, 2020 by Aya Tanikawa
6 min
Tomorrow’s weather in Datawrapper: A live-updating locator map
July 23rd, 2020 by Hans Hack
4 min
Some records aren’t meant to be broken
July 16th, 2020 by David Kokkelink
1 min
How lonely have people become during the coronavirus pandemic?
July 9th, 2020 by Daniela Haake
4 min
Read “Data Feminism” by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein with us!
July 8th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Say Hi to Aya!
July 7th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Who has been able to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic?
July 2nd, 2020 by David Wendler
4 min
You’ve informed the public with visualizations about the coronavirus. Thank you.
July 1st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
What’s it like to be colorblind
June 30th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
16 min
Are peaceful protests more successful than violent ones?
June 25th, 2020 by Edurne Morillo
5 min
What to consider when visualizing data for colorblind readers
June 23rd, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
14 min
The COVID-19 chart I wish I didn’t have to make
June 18th, 2020 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
How your colorblind and colorweak readers see your colors
June 17th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
How I created contour lines with ASTER DEM data to show map elevation
June 11th, 2020 by Hendrik Bartusch
6 min
Which EuroVelo bike route is the hardest to bike?
June 4th, 2020 by Aya Tanikawa
4 min
Say Hi to David!
June 3rd, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Calculating with your uploaded data in Datawrapper is now easier
June 2nd, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
The coronavirus death toll
May 28th, 2020 by Simon Jockers
5 min
Natali(n)e Portman: The chart that wasn’t
May 21st, 2020 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
2 min
New in locator maps: Add regions as area markers
May 15th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Creating Art with Time
May 14th, 2020 by Fabian Gündel
3 min
Which route did Hannibal and his elephants take to cross the Alps?
May 7th, 2020 by Anna Thieme
3 min
How much is music worth to you?
April 30th, 2020 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
Visualizing two years of wondering & wandering
April 23rd, 2020 by Aya Tanikawa
5 min
How to import JSON data into Google Sheets to create a live COVID-19 chart
April 21st, 2020 by Simon Haas
8 min
Charting the corona effect
April 16th, 2020 by David Kokkelink
5 min
How to calculate shaded relief for the entire world with GDAL, fast
April 15th, 2020 by Anna Thieme
10 min
How the past can help us to understand the economic future after corona
April 9th, 2020 by Mirko Lorenz
5 min
Less link blue, more red? A web color history
April 2nd, 2020 by Jakub Valenta
5 min
Read “Data Visualisation” by Andy Kirk with us!
April 1st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Our simpler, tidier & more consistent bar chart editing
April 1st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Of merchants and pilgrims
March 26th, 2020 by Zara Khan
5 min
#FlattenTheCurve, but by how much?
March 19th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
#FlattenTheCurve
March 12th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
17 (or so) responsible live visualizations about the coronavirus, for you to use
March 6th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
17 min
What would happen if we had no leap days?
March 5th, 2020 by Ivan Lokhov
6 min
Highlight regions with vignettes in your locator maps
February 27th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
A locked-down Wuhan, moved to New York State
February 27th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Aftenposten: “An article with a chart feels like a better article.”
February 26th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Read six data vis research papers with us!
February 21st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
Kölle Alaaf!
February 20th, 2020 by Fabian Gündel
2 min
Journalism professor Adam Marton: “The students don’t have any trouble picking it up.”
February 18th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Become our writer/support intern and help others create data visualizations
February 18th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
How big is that, though?
February 13th, 2020 by Hans Hack
2 min
Statistics Flanders: “We want to reach everyone.”
February 11th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Putting daily temperature ranges in context
February 6th, 2020 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
New America: “Dammit, why didn’t we just pay for Datawrapper a year ago?”
February 4th, 2020 by John McCall
8 min
How 538 reindeer traveled from Norway to Alaska in 1898
January 30th, 2020 by Anna Thieme
3 min
Analyzing 100 years of election results in one chart
January 23rd, 2020 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Introducing materials for Datawrapper workshops
January 21st, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Say Hi to Jakub!
January 17th, 2020 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Ever looked a bar chart in the eye before?
January 16th, 2020 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
5 min
How to use the new Python library “datawrapper” to create 34 charts in a few seconds
January 15th, 2020 by Sergio Sánchez
8 min
How tax evasion by the ultra-rich is everyone’s problem
January 9th, 2020 by Zara Khan
4 min
Let’s eat our way through Berlin
January 2nd, 2020 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2019?
December 27th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The case for choosing clarity over complexity in data visualizations
December 23rd, 2019 by Zara Khan
5 min
Run Fabian Run
December 19th, 2019 by Fabian Gündel
5 min
The best hip-hop songs of all time, visualized
December 12th, 2019 by Simon Jockers
4 min
Why I created an R package to use Datawrapper’s API and how to use it
December 10th, 2019 by Benedict Witzenberger
6 min
Freedom vs safety – how fast should you be able to drive on highways?
December 5th, 2019 by Daniela Haake
4 min
Collaborate with others on charts, maps & tables in teams, for free
December 3rd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Create data viz with Datawrapper, with our new, strong free plan
December 2nd, 2019 by David Kokkelink
5 min
My musical taste (or at least a sample of it) vs the world
November 28th, 2019 by Zara Khan
4 min
Show mountains & valleys in your locator maps
November 27th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Automate your chart creation with our new API
November 21st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Fast trains, fast map?
November 21st, 2019 by Mirko Lorenz
5 min
Is Antarctica a pie chart?
November 14th, 2019 by Anna Thieme
2 min
New: Export your locator maps as PDFs & SVGs, including the map layer
November 13th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
View of Antarctica from Berlin
November 7th, 2019 by Hans Hack
2 min
Datawrapper will update its pricing on Dec 1st, 2019.
November 1st, 2019 by David Kokkelink
5 min
Chasing Gerd
October 31st, 2019 by David Kokkelink
2 min
How to save the world while making people better off
October 24th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
How to prepare your data for analysis and charting in Excel & Google Sheets
October 23rd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
19 min
How to split and extract text from data columns in Excel & Google Sheets
October 23rd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
You thought Russians were the heaviest drinkers? Think again.
October 17th, 2019 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
Read “How Charts Lie” by Alberto Cairo with us
October 10th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
A Scatter Plot about Rebellious Germans
October 10th, 2019 by Fabian Gündel
2 min
Who takes us to space?
October 3rd, 2019 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Become a vector export developer at Datawrapper
September 27th, 2019 by David Kokkelink
6 min
What different degrees of global warming look like
September 26th, 2019 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
To leave or to stay? That is the question.
September 19th, 2019 by John McCall
5 min
Which milk has the smallest impact on the planet?
September 12th, 2019 by Daniela Haake
4 min
Us here, them there
September 5th, 2019 by Mirko Lorenz
4 min
Nuclear power won’t help us to fight climate change.
August 29th, 2019 by Hendrik Bartusch
4 min
The Baltic Sea during the last 15,000 years
August 22nd, 2019 by Anna Thieme
4 min
The black dots that warm our planet
August 16th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
There are no 1.7 Earths
August 8th, 2019 by Simon Jockers
3 min
How a man wanted to empty the Mediterranean sea, for peace
August 1st, 2019 by Hans Hack
3 min
Where am I from: San Francisco or the Bay Area?
July 25th, 2019 by John McCall
4 min
The rich are killing the planet
July 18th, 2019 by Simon Jockers
5 min
How we at n-tv used HTML to add custom color keys to Datawrapper charts & tables
July 17th, 2019 by Christoph Wolf
5 min
Humanity’s Turning Point
July 11th, 2019 by David Kokkelink
3 min
The only chart we should be looking at
July 4th, 2019 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Work through “Observe, Collect, Draw!” by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec with us
July 2nd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Why you will hear more from all of us (not just Lisa) in future Weekly Charts
June 27th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
We’re hiring someone to help us with Marketing in Berlin
June 21st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Greenland’s ice is melting, but without an OMG moment
June 20th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Tech acquisitions in the past few years: What is expensive? What is cheap?
June 13th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Leipzig and Tønsberg – Avengers in Europe
June 6th, 2019 by Fabian Gündel
3 min
Where Europe voted and where it didn’t
May 31st, 2019 by Simon Jockers
4 min
Sparklines: Comparable or not?
May 23rd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
What to consider when creating tables
May 21st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
A black & white table about parties (you know, without the party colors)
May 16th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Our new Tables: responsive, with sparklines, bar charts and sticky rows
May 15th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
The 2014 European Parliament election results in new Datawrapper maps
May 9th, 2019 by Anna Thieme
3 min
Three jobs of a callout line
May 2nd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
New in locator maps: Point to locations & markers with callout lines
May 2nd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Berlin on Airbnb: What are the most and least expensive districts?
April 25th, 2019 by Defne Altiok
3 min
An alternative to John Snow’s Cholera map
April 18th, 2019 by Defne Altiok
4 min
Say Hi to Daniela!
April 17th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A too complicated map
April 11th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Read “Factfulness” by Hans Rosling with us
April 8th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Two charts in one
April 4th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Scatterplot with a Pearl Earring
March 28th, 2019 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
4 min
Datawrapper joins protest against Article 11 and 13 of the EU Copyright Directive
March 21st, 2019 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Germany’s culture of remembrance in numbers
March 21st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A colorful π chart
March 14th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Setting dynamic prefixed CSS grid properties with JavaScript
March 12th, 2019 by Ivan Lokhov
5 min
Nineties, noughties, ?
March 7th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Export your Locator Map markers & take them wherever you want
March 5th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Small Improvements in January and February 2019
March 1st, 2019 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Are women now better represented in films than ever before?
February 28th, 2019 by Ivan Lokhov
3 min
The periodic table is a scatterplot. (Among others.)
February 21st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
“I love you.” How many?
February 14th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
2018: The fourth hottest year. Compared to what?
February 7th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Read “Info We Trust” by RJ Andrews with us
February 5th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Which European cities have gotten warmer? (Spoiler: All of them.)
January 31st, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Salt deserts, glaciers, penguins & a moon landscape
January 24th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
A very complicated simple range plot
January 17th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Pulling politicians together, with stiff & flexible springs
January 10th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Say Hi to Simon!
January 8th, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Shares as position & color
January 3rd, 2019 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Which chart types did our users create in 2018?
December 27th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
The rise of the Chinese tourist is the rise of a confident red line
December 20th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Our deliciously new pies & donuts – also as small multiples
December 14th, 2018 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
A bar chart made of dots
December 13th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A renewed pledge to keep all our user’s charts online
December 12th, 2018 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Line charts for distributions, not time
December 6th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Say Hi to Fabian!
December 4th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
You can now import areas & lines to locator maps (plus other improvements)
November 29th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Do you see a tram? You’re in East Berlin.
November 29th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Wir suchen eine/n Office Manager/in in Berlin
November 28th, 2018 by David Kokkelink
4 min
Just lines and rectangles.
November 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A year of work at Datawrapper
November 15th, 2018 by Ivan Lokhov
3 min
Celebrating & judging 1 year of Weekly Charts
November 8th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Small Improvements in October 2018
November 2nd, 2018 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Conceptually close vs physically close
November 1st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
No perfection, just the best possible compromise
October 25th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The longest Datawrapper chart you’ve ever seen
October 18th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
We’re hiring a software engineer in Berlin
October 17th, 2018 by David Kokkelink
4 min
What we wrote about in the last year
October 16th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Countries in Countries in Countries
October 11th, 2018 by Elana Levin Schtulberg
6 min
Introducing Locator Maps in Datawrapper
October 10th, 2018 by Hans Hack
4 min
Dollars for College (or TV🤔)
October 4th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Dollars for Booze
September 27th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Read “Storytelling with Data” by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic with us
September 25th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
Depth and breadth in charts
September 20th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A shrinking surplus of women
September 13th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
There have been 2200 wildfires in Germany this year.
September 6th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Election results in pink & blue
August 30th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Election reporting: Which color for which party?
August 28th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
16 min
Let’s look at Johnny Depp’s love life
August 23rd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Read Tamara Munzner & Alberto Cairo with us
August 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
We read Tufte. It was great.
August 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
Designing for memorability
August 16th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The challenges of visualizing climate change
August 9th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Say Hi to Hans!
August 8th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Play games and get rich (if your name is Ninja)
August 2nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Your friendly guide to colors in data visualisation
July 31st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
16 min
So you got a kid. Would you rather have more money or more time?
July 26th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
How much does Edward Tufte travel?
July 19th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Join the Data Vis Book Club & read Tufte with us
July 18th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
‘This is so good you wouldn’t know it was done by a woman.’
July 12th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
An alternative to pink & blue: Colors for gender data
July 10th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
Rollover here, roll over there
July 5th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Moving the title into the chart
June 28th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Introducing custom map uploads
June 21st, 2018 by Ivan Lokhov
4 min
China begins just east of Finland
June 21st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
2018 World Cup results, in Datawrapper charts
June 18th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
How to read a log scale: What Mike Bostock means
June 14th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Say Hi to Elana!
June 12th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
How to read a log scale: The chart that can’t start at zero
June 7th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
How to read a log scale: Growth rate
May 31st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
What to consider when choosing colors for data visualization
May 29th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
You see a line chart, but you get a scatterplot
May 24th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Which country offers the best life? Nobody knows.
May 17th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
When marrying in Wyoming, buy a car
May 10th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Connect Datawrapper to your Google Sheets or live data
May 9th, 2018 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Why not to use two axes, and what to use instead
May 8th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
11 min
Sugar, all of it
May 3rd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Using up more than we offer
April 26th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
How to get data in the right format with pivot tables
April 24th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Less smoke in the Western world
April 19th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Say Hi to Hendrik!
April 18th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
We’re hiring: Help us to help others
April 17th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Climbing higher, one step at the time
April 12th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Say Hi to Anna!
April 10th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Only show the map regions you want to show
April 6th, 2018 by David Kokkelink
3 min
Equality, before & after taxes
April 5th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Introducing the improved data editor
April 3rd, 2018 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Absolute vs Relative: Who lives in the capitals?
March 29th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
Different units, different patterns
March 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
What to consider when creating choropleth maps
March 21st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
9 min
Listen to Datawrapper on Data Stories
March 21st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Brelinski doesn’t like 100% chocolate
March 15th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
The most controversial candy bar
March 8th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The case against diverging stacked bars
March 6th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
13 min
One map, 500 cities
March 1st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
Introducing Cartograms in Datawrapper
February 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
The not so worldwide worldwide web
February 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
1 min
Time off
February 15th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
What to consider when creating stacked column charts
February 13th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
Five ways to read a scatterplot
February 8th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
“The reward of interacting is understanding”
February 6th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
10 min
Datawrapper now checks your colors, so you don’t have to
February 5th, 2018 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Our world in the long term
February 1st, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Introducing: Datawrapper River
January 30th, 2018 by Mirko Lorenz
7 min
How good is your English?
January 25th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
What to consider when creating line charts
January 22nd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Marriage? Maybe later.
January 18th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
We’re hiring a basemap creator in Berlin
January 16th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
What the difference between mean and median tells us about income inequality
January 11th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
What to consider when creating area charts
January 9th, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
6 min
Carbon dioxide concentration over time
January 4th, 2018 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
What to consider when creating pie charts
January 3rd, 2018 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Columns about bars
December 28th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
National elections in Europe: Who votes, who doesn’t
December 21st, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
May the critics be with you
December 14th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
“The key to a good data story is the story itself”
December 13th, 2017 by Mirko Lorenz
8 min
A continent on the rise
December 7th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The shiny redesign of our landing page
December 6th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A rusting fountain of youth in Germany
November 30th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
The Datawrapper Roadmap for 2018
November 28th, 2017 by Gregor Aisch
4 min
Bright spots in an old land
November 23rd, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
2 min
Respect your readers’ time
November 21st, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
8 min
A new home for our blog: Hexo
November 15th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
What Questions to Ask When Creating Charts
November 15th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
13 min
I’m surrounded by old people
November 15th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
How to choose a color palette for choropleth maps
October 27th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
7 min
That Frustrating Thing about Creating Data Vis in Newsrooms
October 24th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Say Hi to Ivan!
October 24th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
5 min
Say Hi to Lisa!
October 24th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
New: US Congressional Districts and District Courts Maps
October 19th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
3 min
A better way to keep track of your chart creations
October 12th, 2017 by Lisa Charlotte Muth
4 min
New: Arrow and Range Plots
September 22nd, 2017 by David Kokkelink
2 min
New Datawrapper Features to Cover Elections
August 8th, 2017 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Reuters Institute puts their trust in Datawrapper for 2017 Digital News Report
June 23rd, 2017 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
New: Area Charts in Datawrapper
June 20th, 2017 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Datawrapper is hiring: Full-Stack Web Dev in Berlin
June 15th, 2017 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Improved: Datawrapper Academy
June 14th, 2017 by Mirko Lorenz
1 min
New: UK election maps in Datawrapper
June 1st, 2017 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
Introducing: Scatter plot
March 10th, 2017 by Mirko Lorenz
1 min
German municipality-level maps in Datawrapper
January 17th, 2017 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Improved: Stacked column charts
December 22nd, 2016 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Making column and pie charts great on mobile and Desktop
December 13th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Datawrapper becomes mobile-first charting tool
November 3rd, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Medium integrates with Datawrapper
October 20th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Updated: Line Charts
September 22nd, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Datawrapper is now free for up to 10k chart views
September 8th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Create Brexit Maps with Datawrapper
June 15th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
New Maps, Embedding and Sharing
May 25th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Easy Comparison: Dot-Plots
May 11th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Create symbol maps with Datawrapper
May 3rd, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Introducing: All-New Datawrapper Maps
March 24th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
1 min
Beautiful tables in Datawrapper
February 15th, 2016 by David Kokkelink
2 min
Datawrapper Introduces Curated Chart Gallery
December 25th, 2015 by Gregor Aisch
1 min
Datawrapper 1.10
November 21st, 2015 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Datawrapper 1.9
January 15th, 2015 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Data visualization for sports business strategy
January 9th, 2015 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
How IJBA trains visualization skills
December 12th, 2014 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
How Kwantlen Polytechnic University trains data skills
December 12th, 2014 by Mirko Lorenz
3 min
Datawrapper 1.8
December 10th, 2014 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
New Usage Guidelines for Datawrapper
November 4th, 2014 by Mirko Lorenz
6 min
Hello Datawrapper Maps, welcome Datawrapper Team
December 20th, 2013 by Mirko Lorenz
4 min
Datawrapper 1.6
November 1st, 2013 by Gregor Aisch
2 min
Feeding data into Datawrapper
September 3rd, 2013 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Datawrapper 1.5
August 16th, 2013 by Gregor Aisch
5 min
Datawrapper Crosses Mark of 10 Million Chart Views
May 29th, 2013 by Mirko Lorenz
3 min
Releases 1.2.8 and 1.2.9
April 12th, 2013 by Gregor Aisch
7 min
Best Practice: The Guardian Data Blog
April 9th, 2013 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
Datawrapper in the News
March 6th, 2013 by Mirko Lorenz
3 min
Datawrapper 1.1
December 12th, 2012 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Datawrapper 1.0.2
November 8th, 2012 by Gregor Aisch
1 min
The technologies used in Datawrapper
November 6th, 2012 by Gregor Aisch
3 min
Hello world, hello Datawrapper 1.0
November 6th, 2012 by Mirko Lorenz
2 min
