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Lisa Charlotte Muth

@lisacmuth.bsky.social
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Creating & writing about data vis for @datawrapper.de

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
While our Data Vis Dispatch pro @michelleotiji.bsky.social is on vacation, I curated the Dispatch this and last week. So much fun! It's always a joy to look at these great visualizations and be able to get them to a few more people by including them in the Dispatch.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This week, we at @datawrapper.de launched two new chart types: waterfall charts and dual-axis charts. “Dual-axis charts?” I see you thinking. “What? Didn’t you write an article on why they are bad?” I did. Then, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com changed my mind. Here's how: www.datawrapper.de/blog/why-i-c...
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Why I changed my mind on dual-axis charts | Datawrapper Blog
Dual-axis charts can be… okay?
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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I spent the last month obsessed with finding colors that can't be displayed on a conventional screen. This is what I found. moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...
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Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
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Robert Kosara @eagereyes.org · 21/06/2026
I've built a solargraph simulator using solar irradiation data. Pick a place on Earth, animate the solargraph, draw just one point per hour for analemma view, or switch to panorama mode that projects the solargraph into a virtual sky you can navigate. eagereyes.org/app/solargraph
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Elliot Bentley @elliotbentley.com · 18/06/2026
Amazing opportunity for #dataviz enthusiasts. Come work with me!
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Are you creating great explanatory #dataviz (e.g. in a news or business context) and want to teach others how to become great at data vis, too? Let’s talk!
Hello there! Do you like to design and talk about charts?On the comms team at Datawrapper, we want to inspire people to create better data visualizations and help them do so. We’re thinking about hiring somebody new. Maybe you? Let’s talk, if you…
→ are a data vis designer with attention to detail. You put all your love into that one beautiful chart that explains the data really well.
→ want to teach others how to design charts & maps well and have ideas for doing so (e.g. newsletters, courses, videos, events – whatever you’re excited about).
→ live in (or can move to!) Europe. We’re based in Berlin, and you can work remotely.
If that sounds like you, get in touch! Message me here on LinkedIn or send me an email at lisa@datawrapper.de.
(You’re not that person but know someone who might be? Please share!)
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One of the best parts of my job is coming up with examples for the nice new features that my coworkers at Datawrapper build. I loved playing around with those arrows! 📊
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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 08/06/2026
🎉 We've updated our population cartogram with the latest (2023) data from @ourworldindata.org! A lot has changed since the 2018 one, which used 2016 data. Create your own at app.datawrapper.de/create/map > Choropleth map, then search for "population squares."
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Byte Charts @byte-charts.dev · 06/06/2026
The 100 Data Viz Project(100.datavizproject.com/data-type/vi...), which I discovered last week while reading @lisacmuth.bsky.social 's blog. It was particularly insightful as a beginner, as it helps you start prototyping ideas in terms of shapes and visual properties. #dataviz
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#6 | 1 dataset. 100 visualizations.
Stacked bar chart with rounded corners. A strength of this visualization is the integration of numbers and years, which makes a legend superfluous.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🟡🟠🔴 Just stumbled upon a great gradient/color palette generator by @obumbratta.com: obumbratta.com/colour It's inspired by Gregor Aisch's Color Palette Helper (gka.github.io/palettes/#/9...) and brings it to the next level with a color plot, contrast ratios, and different color spaces. 📊
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My first (short, German) talk in years (!) is happening tomorrow at Information Commons in Berlin (information-commons.org). I'll speak about what got me excited about data vis and what we do at Datawrapper. Here are my slides:
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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The first phase of digitizing my collection has come to an end. I am very grateful to my students, they did a wonderful job! The result: three massive Hungarian statistical atlases that are unavailable anywhere else, and dozens of data graphics that have never been digitized before. To be continued!
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In 2015, Derek Watkins built a chart for The New York Times that I liked so much that two years later, I wrote a whole article about it: www.datawrapper.de/blog/readers... Today, I rebuilt it in Datawrapper with updated data: www.datawrapper.de/_/vnJXh/ That was fun. I should rebuild more charts.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Interesting data! But I feel like the chart would benefit from being transposed, so that it's easier to compare the non-swimmers with each other:
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Lot of circles this week
Chart from The Economist showing reported strikes in Iran
https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2026/04/08/the-war-was-steadily-spiralling-in-scope-and-destructionChart from The Economist showing global non-financial list companies
https://www.economist.com/interactive/business/2026/04/09/a-giant-succession-wave-is-coming-for-family-businessesChart from The Economist showing four Democratic tribes
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/07/meet-the-four-democratic-tribesChart from The Economist showing gerrymandering in Hungary
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/04/09/even-hungarys-skewed-elections-might-not-save-viktor-orban
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My first humble Weekly Chart this year:
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Wow! It's a great honor to receive this Information is Beautiful Award. Thanks to @datawrapper.de for letting me inspire people. And thanks to everyone else who's contributing to the lovely #dataviz community! Find all #IIBAwards winners here: www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/news/680-ann...
Picture of me and the text "Impactful Community Leader, Lisa Charlotte Muth, Datawrapper" below and the text "Information is Beautiful Awards 2024 Winner" in a badge.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📊 There are *so* many chart types out there. Which one should you use for what kind of data and goal? I tried to answer the question in a new blog post (and poster!): www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-t...
A poster showing icons for 40 different visualization types, categorized by goal – e.g. "showing shares" or "showing flows" or "showing developments over time".
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I just added lots of new content to my website! lisacharlottemuth.com → #dataviz projects & articles I've worked on at @datawrapper.de in the past years → a new "Events" page with information about the Data Vis Meetup, the Data Vis Book Club, and the Unwrapped conference → an updated About me page
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
🌈 Jan's tool looks amazing to find a #dataviz palette! A similar tool is the Python Color Palette Finder by @yan-holtz.bsky.social: python-graph-gallery.com/color-palett... What I like about Jan's tool is that I can browse palettes *by chart type* – so smart. (This, and the German name.)
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Yay, another small multiple chart type in Datawrapper! It's been lots of fun to play around with it so far:
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Chaney Swiney @chaneyswiney.com · 05/12/2024
A favorite recent project: Peakscapes. I love the layered looks you get in the #mountains, and I always want to be able to name everything in view. These designs provide a cleaner, more idealized view of the landscape than a photo can. Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.
Image of the Black Mountains in North Carolina, cast in a gradient reminiscent of sunset hues: orange at the top to dark purple at the bottom. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.Image of Half Dome and its surroundings in Yosemite National Park, cast in a gradient of yellowish blue. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.Image of the Front Range in Rocky Mountain National Park, cast in a gradient of yellow to red. Summits are labeled with their names and elevations.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It was fun putting this together! Have a look and let me know what you think:
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Curious how different news sites visualize U.S. election results? Here are 25+ links — let me know in the comments which ones I missed! U.S. news sites =============== → The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... → The Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/elections/re...
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
🎉 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...
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 12/03/2024
I'm really looking forward to Rose's findings here! Might be interesting for others who like #dataviz 📊, too:
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Patrick Stotz @patrickstotz.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
I'm excited to be on the list of speakers for the upcoming Datawrapper conference. I'll get to talk about what data journalists love most: hacking tools until you find crazy, but useful workarounds. #dataviz 📊
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
📊 I'm much looking forward to this talk at the Unwrapped conference (www.datawrapper.de/unwrapped):
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Eli Holder @elibryan.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
This week's Effect+Affect: What can dinner parties teach us about dataviz 📊? Thanks to ensemble perception, your brain is weirdly good at parallel processing faces, grass, and zillions of lines on charts. effaff.com/read-the-room-ensemble-effect/
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What can dinner parties teach us about dataviz? Thanks to ensemble perception, your brain is weirdly good at parallel processing faces, grass, and zillions of lines on charts.
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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 19/02/2024
📣📊 The next data vis book club is happening Friday, March 15th at 7pm UTC during our Unwrapped conference! We'll be discussing "The Art of Insight" by @albertocairo.bsky.social. Find all the information for this special session here: blog.datawrapper.de/art-of-insig...
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Read “The Art of Insight” by Alberto Cairo with us! - Datawrapper Blog
“...visualization designers who build meaning as a tribute to themselves or as an aid to others.”
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
If you want to find and follow people posting great 📊 data viz content, I can recommend following everyone Andy's following.
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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 07/02/2024
🎉📊 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...
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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.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
There's a new chart type in Datawrapper 🎉 And it's one of my favorites: Small multiple line charts. I'm excited to see what you all (and we) will build with it!
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
📊 Connected scatterplots: Good or bad? Fun or frustrating? My colleague Luc Guillemot has opinions about them:
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
It's happening! I'm thrilled to announce the first three speakers (of more than 20!) who will give a talk at the Datawrapper conference Unwrapped:
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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 17/01/2024
📊 Yesterday was Data Vis Dispatch day! The lateste episode includes the Taiwan elections 🗳️, shipping routes 🚢, and a very hot 2023 🔥: blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis-dis...
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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 14/01/2024
If you’re at all interested in talking about data viz, sign up for the feed so we can chat with you!
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
I think small multiples may be my favorite visualization technique. I love how these maps from the @nytimes.com give a sense of the polar vortex dissolving from a concentrated mass of bitter cold air to a much larger area of merely very cold air. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Six small multiple maps of below freezing temperature in the continental U.S. from January 13 to January 18.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
YES YOU SHOULD! Let me know if you have any questions about it, here or via lisa@datawrapper.de.
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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 11/01/2024
"Speaking at a conference" is your New Year's resolution? Lucky you: There's ONE day left to tell us about your talk ideas for Unwrapped, our conference for Datawrapper users like you. Here's what we're looking for: blog.datawrapper.de/call-for-spe...
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Speak at Unwrapped, the Datawrapper conference! - Datawrapper Blog
Share your idea for a talk at Unwrapped, the virtual Datawrapper conference in March 2024.
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Neil Richards @questionsindataviz.com · 05/01/2024
Join me on Jan 29th - I’m such a fan of the @datawrapper.bsky.social Data Vis Book Club which makes it all the more special an honour to be taking part as an author. Looking forward to chatting and answering questions!
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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
#TodayinHistory #datavis #Onthisday #OTD 💀Jan 5, 1897 Francis Amasa Walker died in Boston, MA, USA 🇺🇸 1874: Oversaw the first US Census Album (1870) Pioneered: Age pyramid (bilateral histogram), subdivided squares of population (mosaic plots) www.davidrumsey.com/maps1130261-...
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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 04/01/2024
It's here! Check out the data viz feed below, open to sharing work & all kinds of discussion related to the field. To participate in the feed you must: - Include 📊 in your post - Be added to the account list. Sign up here: forms.gle/4iVMTBgTycXW... Excited to continued discussions with you!
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Andy Kirk @visualisingdata.com · 02/01/2024
This is a soft launch just for Bluesky people! In Feb I'm launching the 'Visualising Data Newsletter' offering a monthly chronicle of the most insightful and delightful data viz content, straight to your inbox. More info soon but you can sign up here... visualisingdata.ck.page/b9efcf751f
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
Happy New Year! I compiled all 2023 graphics/dataviz/visual stories compilations I could find. Let me know if I missed any:
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Jacque Schrag @jacqueschrag.com · 29/12/2023
Data viz folks: I'm interested in creating a data viz feed. Some good ones already exist, but aren't quite what I'm looking for. I'm thinking about a combo of adding users to a feed (opt in) + a tag/emoji so only specific posts show in the feed. I'm curious: what would your ideal feed look like?
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Nathan is here! Do follow Nathan! And have a look at his latest graphics here: flowingdata.com/category/pro...
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Andy Kirk @visualisingdata.com · 22/12/2023
We've reached the final #LittleVis revisit! 75 posts later and we conclude with this smart way to add further context to a colour legend visualisingdata.com/2022/07/the-... If you've enjoyed the #LittleVis posts you can see the full series here visualisingdata.com/the-little-o...
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The little of visualisation design: Part 75 - Visualising Data
This is part of a series of posts about the 'little of visualisation design', respecting the small decisions that make a big difference towards the good and bad of this discipline.
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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
I'm annoyed by the number of social networks these days, so I've decided to only read the feed of one of them for a month and then switch. (I'll still post & check notifications on each of them.) I start here, with Bluesky. I'm looking forward to all your data visualizations, links, and opinions!
Clouds and birds
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RJ Andrews @infowetrust.com · 21/12/2023
Like many, an @albertocairo.bsky.social book was my gateway to information graphics. We are so lucky to have his continued enthusiasm for the craft and its creators—in print!
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