We love exploring the world through data. Our goal is to help tell engaging stories that ignite interest in data.
Fun with Data
We’re a team of data enthusiasts and storytellers. Our goal is to share stories we find interesting in hopes of inspiring others to incorporate data and data visualizations in the stories they create.
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As the world races to decarbonize and bring on cleaner sources of electricity, it got us wondering how North America’s electricity grid stacks up against the rest of the world. In this story, we explore North America’s electricity mix in 2023 and how it has changed over the years.
Founded following the end of World War II, the goal of NATO is to secure lasting peace in Europe and North America. In this story, we use data from the CIA World Factbook and NATO, to break down the national defense expenditures for each NATO member nation.
In 1995, Fortune Magazine released its first-ever Global 500 - a list of the top 500 companies in the world based on revenue. In this story, we explore the 500 largest companies in the world by revenue.
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. The beans used to brew espresso, cappuccinos and lattes among other popular coffee drinks are grown commercially in over 70 countries globally. In this story, we explore the world’s top coffee producers. We use data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to analyze the world’s top producers by volume.
VLOOKUP is important and incredibly useful in spreadsheet applications like Google Sheets because it provides a straightforward and efficient way to retrieve specific information from large datasets.
Pandas is a powerful Python library that is commonly used by data scientists and data analysts to explore, clean, and process their data. Here are five common methods that you can expect to use when working with Pandas.
What do you do when you can’t find a dataset for your project? Well, one option is to scrape websites for the data you need. Here’s an example of how it’s done.
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In 2023, more than 92 million visited U.S. national parks, a record high. With 63 national parks across 30 states and two territories, there is something for everyone. In this story, we use data from Wikipedia and the National Park Service to explore the largest parks by area, the most popular parks, and rank parks by the most animal species.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership came into effect in January of 2022 and is the world’s largest trading bloc. It’s 15 members is estimated to account for 30% of global population and 30% of global GDP.
The Group of Twenty (G20) has a new member — the African Union. The admission of the African Union marks the first time the G20 has added a new member since it was formed in 1999.
In 2023, more than 92 million visited U.S. national parks, a record high. With 63 national parks across 30 states and two territories, there is something for everyone. In this story, we use data from Wikipedia and the National Park Service to explore the largest parks by area, the most popular parks, and rank parks by the most animal species.