The image shows a bar chart titled "The decline of the band" which shows the percentage of number on songs on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, by artist type, from its beginning in 1958 until 2026. It shows a noticeable decline in songs by bands, and a dramatic increase in songs by solo artists, driven by collaborations.

The image shows a calendar-style chart titled "Every top song on Billboard's Hot 100 chart" that shows one symbol for each week of the year, from 1958 to 2026, colored by type of artist. It shows a larged number of songs created by bands early on, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, followed by a gradual decline, with the past 25 years dominated by solo artists and collaborations.

Who are the artists that lead world music charts? And which songs made it to number one in the last six decades? Our visualization developer @ilokhov.bsky.social brings you the answers! 🎙️🧑‍🎤 ✨

For more details and interactive features, head over to our blog: 👇
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We're hiring a working student to curate the Data Vis Dispatch Help us create our most popular weekly blog format, featuring the best new data visualization.

Want to get paid for looking at beautiful data visualizations from the world's leading newsrooms and visualization specialists? 🗺️ 📊 👀

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If you're a student in Germany, we'd love to hear from you! 👇

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✨ The holiday edition of the Data Vis Dispatch is here! ✨ Come along to reflect on some of our team's favorite visualizations of 2025. Which ones made it on your list? 📊

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In einem Diagramm wird aufgezeigt, dass im April 2025 weltweit erstmals mehr Strom durch Solarenergie als durch Atomkraft erzeugt wurde.

Fast unbemerkt brachte der April einen weiteren kleinen Meilenstein der #Energiewende. Weltweit wurde erstmals mehr Strom durch #Photovoltaik als durch #Atomkraft erzeugt. In nur fünf Jahren hat sich laut des Analysediensts Ember die Solarstromerzeugung verdreifacht! #Energiewende

How to get to space | Datawrapper Blog Hey, Ivan here 👋 ! I work on developing visualizations at Datawrapper. A few days …

If you want to get to space, where should you start? On Earth, of course! In this Weekly Chart, our vis developer Ivan explores the possible starting points for a voyage into orbit and beyond 🛰️ 🌖

Small multiple column chart showing UK Government spending as shares of GDP between 1970 and 2020 in the Health, Education, and Defence category. It shows, for example, that health spending in 2020/21 was £179 billion higher than pre-pandemic plans, and that education spending as a share of GDP peaked in 2009 and has declined since.

Small multiple column chart of the population of the world's largest cities, 1950-2035. It shows that Delhi, Dhaka and Mumbai grow the most, while Tokyo peaked at around 2020. Paris was once the biggest city, but not anymore – it grew the most between 1851 to 1856 (by over 20%).

Small multiple column chart of countries with higher and lower education spending than the world average. Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and others spend more, while Ireland, Italy, China, India, Russia, and others spend less than the world average.

Small multiple column chart showing that German Baby Boomers use Facebook the most – 57% of them use it. 50% use YouTube; 32% use Instagram; 18% use Pinterest.

🎉🎉 🎉 You can now create small multiple column charts in Datawrapper – for both time series and categorical data! Highlight individual columns, display values on all of them, add annotations, overlays, range highlights, and more: blog.datawrapper.de/small-multiple-column-ch...

What we built for you in 2024 - Datawrapper Blog It’s been a busy year at Datawrapper! Since the start of 2024, we’ve developed two new visualization types, launched a PowerPoint add-in, introduced text

In 2024, Datawrapper's designers and developers created 15 big new features and many smaller updates and improvements 🎆

What are they most proud of? What were the challenges and surprises? Read their answers on our blog:

Data Vis Product Designer - Datawrapper We’re looking for a Data Vis Product Designer to join our team, to improve and extend our UI that thousands of people are using.

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Bluesky is such a breath of fresh air.

No random algorithmic posts shoved into my timeline, no in-app web browser (🤮), no auto-updating feed if I don't touch the app for 30 seconds.

Back to basics. Hope it stays this way.

Love the artwork evolution.

Still a proud first edition owner!

🎉 New: The full power of Datawrapper text annotations in all bar, range, and dot charts!

Range highlights, line highlights, and text annotations add context and content to your charts. And they're now available in eight new chart types!

https://blog.datawrapper.de/annotations-in-bar-charts/

🎉 New: Create arrow (aka "swing") maps in Datawrapper!

Just in time for U.S. elections, arrow maps show positive & negative data as arrows pointing in different directions. Perfect for visualizing increase and decrease — or swing between two categories 🗳️

https://blog.datawrapper.de/arrow-maps/

🎉 New blog post! Choosing colors for a #dataviz on race, ethnicity or continents can be tricky. I collected lots of examples and wrote down 6 guidelines to help ensure all your readers feel respected by your color choices: blog.datawrapper.de/colors-for-r...

Think this social media post is boring? Help us make it better! Our communications team (@lisacmuth.bsky.social, Rose, Guillermina + Vivien) is looking for someone to help us improve our social media game and keep our blog up to date: blog.datawrapper.de/hiring-werkstudentin-soc...

What to consider when creating small multiple line charts - Datawrapper Blog When to use small multiple line charts (vs. normal line charts) and how to create better ones. We'll cover the benefits of repeated lines, independent scales, sorting, colors, and more.

🎉📊 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.bsky.social covers the do's and don'ts: blog.datawrapper.de/what-to-cons...