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2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Since today marks the 200th publication of the Data Vis Dispatch, our comms team assembled this special edition, going over its history, creation process, and your feedback! 🎂

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-july-8-2025

⏰ Today’s the day! Don’t miss our Datawrapper API with R webinar at 6pm CET /
12pm EDT.

Join us to learn how to automate your workflow and create beautiful
visualizations.

Last chance to register! 👉 https://streamyard.com/watch/dyszvtnib3kE

Do you give movies the ratings they deserve or the ones your mind secretly prefers? 🤔 Our developer Julian crunched hundreds of thousands of reviews to uncover the patterns. 🎞️

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/movie-reviews-rating-scales

📚 Ready for the next book club discussion? We are!

📆 On August 18th at 4pm UTC, we’ll be diving into "CHART" by Nadieh Bremer. Join us here on this notepad: https://notes.dw.tools/p/chart

All the details for this session 👇
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-nadieh-bremer-book-club

Looking to learn more about Datawrapper?

Here are all the webinars happening this month:
July 8 ➡️ Datawrapper's API with R for beginners
July 24 ➡️ Getting started with Datawrapper

Register here 👇 https://www.datawrapper.de/webinars

📊 Here’s a colorful preview of this week’s Data Vis Dispatch! Topics include oil tanker traffic, NYC elections, and the global race for renewable energy 🔋

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-july-1-2025

Do you want to live a long and healthy life but walking 10,000 steps a day feels too hard? In this Weekly Chart, our designer Alex takes a closer look at the data behind this number. 🔍 Will he convince you to go for a walk? 🚶 🍃

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/daily-steps-longevity

🎓 Want to dive into Datawrapper? Join our intro webinar *today* at 6pm CET /
12pm EST!

Learn how to create stunning visualizations and see if Datawrapper is the right
tool for your projects. 📊

There's still time to register here 👉 https://streamyard.com/watch/ZCiaeZc6W4gS

Another week of warfare in the Middle East, rising temperatures and heatwaves, and energy reports from all over the world — all this and more in the new Data Vis Dispatch! 📊

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-june-24-2025

A spiritual practice with ancient roots and some very modern additions. This week, our returning writer and yoga teacher-in-training Veronika looks at what we (don't) know about the history of yoga poses. 🧘

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/history-yoga-timeline

⏰ Don’t forget! Our Getting started with Datawrapper webinar is happening on June 25 at 6pm CET / 12pm EDT.

There are still spots open—join us and start creating beautiful visualizations!

You can register here 👉 https://streamyard.com/watch/ZCiaeZc6W4gS

In the news this week: Demonstrations in the U.S., a tragic plane crash in India, and an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Explore these topics and more in the latest Data Vis Dispatch:
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-june-17-2025

New blog post! Arrow plots, waffle charts, alluvial diagrams, choropleth maps — when you’re just starting out, the number (and names!) of viz types can be overwhelming.

Our writer @lisacmuth@vis.social put together a guide and poster to help you choose the right one: https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-types-guide

If you're concerned about reducing your personal energy usage, you may be thinking of cutting back on AI chatbots like ChatGPT. But how do they stack up against the other machines in your life? Our co-founder Mirko investigates 🤖

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/ai-energy-usage

You probably already know our scatter plots can do a lot. But just how much?
We just published a whole collection of scatter plots that show data over time; all built by different Datawrapper employees. Take a look, get inspired for your next chart, and open every visualization to see how it’s built: https://academy.datawrapper.de/article/414-examples-of-datawrapper-scatter-plots-time

🔥 Our forests are burning, our oceans are dying, but at least solar energy is still on the rise! Dive into each topic and many more with the latest Data Vis Dispatch.

📊 https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-june-10-2025

📆 Last chance to join us for today's webinar at 12pm EDT / 6pm CET!

We're diving into everything tables—from creation to stunning design using Datawrapper. Don't miss out on tips to make your data shine. 🪄

Register now 👉 https://streamyard.com/watch/ScHakHZQfAJX

Can't find the time to go watch a new movie in the cinema? You can cosy up under your own blanket and watch it at home – but you'll have to wait. How long? Our designer Gustav might have good news for you. 🍿 👀
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/movie-home-release-dates

📅 June webinars are here! Join us for:
June 10 ➡️ Datawrapper tables: Deep dive
June 25 ➡️ Getting started with Datawrapper

Learn how you can create insightful visualizations with Datawrapper! Reserve your spot now 👇 https://www.datawrapper.de/webinars

🎉 New blog post! And — you guessed it — it's about small multiple line charts. When to use them instead of line charts? And how to make them easier to read and more beautiful to look at?

Our writer @lisacmuth@vis.social covers the do's and don'ts: https://blog.datawrapper.de/what-to-consider-when-creating-small-multiple-line-charts/

🎉🎉🎉 Big news: You can now create small multiple line charts with our new chart type “Multiple Lines”! Give each line its own panel, then sort, style, annotate, show lines on independent scales, and more.

See what’s possible in our announcement post: https://blog.datawrapper.de/small-multiple-line-charts/

📣 We’re excited to announce the first speakers for Unwrapped, the free, online Datawrapper conference on March 13-15:

👉 Amanda Cox will give a keynote on making better simple charts: https://blog.datawrapper.de/amanda-cox-bloomberg/
👉 Julius Tröger will talk about using Datawrapper for animations, live dashboards, and scroll formats: https://blog.datawrapper.de/zeit-online-julius-troeger/
👉 C.J. Sinner will share how she created four unique chart types out of Datawrapper scatterplots: https://blog.datawrapper.de/star-tribune-c-j-sinner/

Register here: https://www.datawrapper.de/unwrapped

Happy New Year! Our Data Vis Dispatch is still on holiday break this week, but there are enough "Best #dataviz of 2023" lists on the internet to keep you busy for days 🧵:

🔷 Newsrooms:
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🔷 Axios: https://www.axios.com/2023-axios-visuals-year-in-review
🔷 The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/2023-year-in-graphics.html
🔷 The Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-year-in-graphics-f3aaf872?mod=e2twg
🔷 Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-in-graphics/
🔷 Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/28/texas-tribune-data-visuals-top-stories-2023/
🔷 Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/projects/data-graphics-best-of-2023-maps-charts/
🔷 USA Today: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/12/15/2023-year-in-review-visual-guide/71920351007/

Today we published the last Dispatch of 2023 — and it's a special one, filled with the Datawrapper team's hand-picked visualizations from the past year. ✨ Did you encounter a chart that stayed in your mind this year?

👉 Read the full post here: https://blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis-dispatch-december-19-2023

The Dispatch will take a few weeks' holiday pause. See you in 2024! 🎆

We're excited to announce 🎁 Unwrapped, the Datawrapper conference! Unwrapped will happen virtually on March 14th and 15th, 2024.

Are you using Datawrapper in an unusual, creative, or simply successful way? Become a speaker & give a 5, 10, or 20 min talk: https://blog.datawrapper.de/call-for-speakers-unwrapped-datawrapper-conference/

📣 The next meeting of our data vis book club is happening on January 29th at 5pm UTC!

We'll be discussing “Questions in Dataviz” by Neil Richards on this notepad: https://notes.datawrapper.de/p/questions-in-dataviz

More information in the announcement on our blog 👇
https://blog.datawrapper.de/questions-in-dataviz-book-club/

Interested in how science graphics are made? @christiansenjen@bird.makeup included a step-by-step guide in her great book "Building Science Graphics".

We'll discuss it in exactly two weeks, on December 4th – it's not too late to get the book and join us!
https://blog.datawrapper.de/book-club-building-science-graphics/

🎉 New blog post! Are you excited about #dataviz, but don't know how to get started creating them? Our writer @lisacmuth@vis.social shares a personal but practical guide to answer that very question.

Find her article (incl. lots of examples, exercises, and a cute GIF!) here: https://blog.datawrapper.de/how-to-get-started-with-data-visualization/