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Nov 6

🔍 Did you know…?

Before creating your visualization, in the Check & Describe step, Datawrapper tries to automatically detect the data type you upload: 🟢 green for dates, ⚫️ black for text, 🔵 blue for numbers, and 🔴 red for errors.

Learn about other ways Datawrapper makes it ein our next intro webinar on November 19 at 6pm CET / 12pm EDT. Register: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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Nov 5

How many U.S. military bases are left in Germany, where are they, and what happened to the rest? Our designer Alicia looks back on their history, with a personal touch. 🇺🇸 🪖 🇩🇪

Read "From stationed to settled: U.S. bases in Germany" on our blog: 👇️
datawrapper.de/blog/us-bases-…

Map showing locations of active and former U.S. military bases across Germany, mostly clustered in the 1945–49 American occupation zone in the south, with labels for major sites including Ramstein, Landstuhl, Stuttgart, Grafenwöhr, Hohenfels and Erlangen.

A line chart showing the number of U.S. active-duty troops in Germany, from 1950 to 2026: rose to roughly 250K during the Cold War, then dropped by two-thirds after the fall of the Berlin Wall to about 38.6K by 2026.

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Nov 4

🎉 New: build more beautiful, easier-to-read locator maps with our improved marker icons!

📍 Pick from almost 1,000 icons
📍 Upload your own
📍 Add a background & outline

All of this is available to everyone, Free plan included.
Learn more: datawrapper.de/blog/improved-…

Map of Austin with an Interstate-35 sign

Map of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria with mountain icons

Map of Europe and Africa with icons of bread, honey, cheese etc. on top, pointing towards Berlin

Map of Helsinki with kids activities highlighted

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Nov 3

This week's Data Vis Dispatch is full of visualizations covering the U.S. midterm elections 🇺🇸🗳️, HPV vaccination rates💉, Anthropic's $40 trillion market opportunity 🤖💰, and the #30DayMapChallenge 🗺️! Explore these topics and much more in the newly posted blog 👇 23

A metaphorical chart showing how a “blue wave” could affect current Republican seats in Congress during the U.S. midterm elections. As the scale of the potential "blue wave" increases, G.O.P. seats that would normally be considered safe are also under threat. Published by The New York Times.

A chart visualizing Elon Musk's spending on U.S. midterm campaigns. So far, Musk has donated $446 million to political action committees (PACs), with America PAC spending more than $70 million on 43 races across 17 states. Of that, $34.7 million has gone into the Texas race. Published by The Guardian.

A chart comparing weekly general ad spending in toss-up Senate races. The Texas and Ohio races have recorded the highest amounts of ad spending, with Republicans spending $32.8 million and Democrats $15.1 million in the Texas race and Republicans spending $30.6 million and Democrats $25 million in the Ohio race. Published by Bloomberg.

A chart showing a breakdown of partisan ad spending in the US midterms, highlighting spending differences between Democrats and Republicans. While many of the most significant differences in spending are found in races with low overall spending, the Texas Senate race is an exception, with the Republicans spending $268 million compared to the $130 million spent by the Democrats. Published by The New York Times.

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Nov 2

📈 Did you know?

In Datawrapper, you can add mini charts to your tables — bar charts, sparklines, or column charts — to make big blocks of numbers easier to read and compare.

Curious what else our tables can do? Register for our webinar on November 11: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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Oct 30

Here's a question for your next trivia: Which country lost one whole day in 2011, and why? Ceren from our support team is ready with answers — and maps. 🗓️ ❓️ 🗺️

datawrapper.de/blog/samoa-tim…

Map showing Samoa's 2011 switch across the International Date Line to align with Australia and New Zealand, moving Samoa from UTC−11 to UTC+13, with Samoa and American Samoa labeled and a note that the nation advanced its calendar and skipped December 30, 2011.

Choropleth map of global time zones colored by UTC offset with a legend from −11 to +11 and beyond. Annotations highlight Greenwich (GMT/UTC+0), Spain using UTC+1 despite being better aligned with UTC±0, China using one national time across five geographical time zones, and Samoa at UTC+13.

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Oct 27

This week's Data Vis Dispatch covers the results of the 2026 Brazil election 🇧🇷🗳️, the SpaceX-Tesla merger 💰, coffeemaxxing ☕️, Netflix subscription prices 📺, Apple’s iPhone Duo📱, and horror films 👹🩸. Explore these topics and much more in the newly posted blog👇 gg

A column chart comparing the cost of a tallat (the Catalan word for a cortado) in different Barcelona neighbourhoods. On average, the bars charge €1.70. Published by Domestic Data Streamers.

An interactive chart showing the percentiles of household net worth in different age groups. Overall, about 82% households have a higher net worth than $10,000. Published by FlowingData.

A chart visualizing changes in supporters of Trump from 2020 to October 2026. Although Trump made some gains with most groups between 2020 and 2024, his approval rating has fallen significantly since then. Published by The New York Times.

A chart visualizing changes in land cover between 1990 and 2018. Within the fire perimeter, 34.9% of the area mapped as forest in 2018 was identified as shrubland or transitional woodland in 1990, while 5.7% was classified as agricultural land. Published by Bloomberg.

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Oct 22

🥕 Carrot or stick? France’s high school students have been protesting for better schools for weeks. What are they asking for, and how has the government responded?

Our developer Jack, who lives in Lyon, charted it (and took pictures!).
Read more: datawrapper.de/blog/how-the-f…

A crowd of protesters on Place Bellecour in Lyon on 17 October, with the historic tourist office on fire behind them and smoke filling the sky.

Protesters face a line of riot police across a street near Place des Terreaux in Lyon on 17 October.

Table of the French student protesters’ demands and how the government has responded as of 22 October 2026. Of the lycéen and student unions’ 10 emergency measures, two have been promised, two met in part, one refused, and four got nothing. On ending police repression, the government did the opposite. On the cost of living, there’s no extra €10bn for education, partial help with fuel prices, and talks on wages.

Stacked bar chart of what the top 20 Google News headlines for “protests France” led with in 15 European countries on 20 October 2026. Most led with violence, the government’s crackdown, or politics. Only 14% of all headlines covered the protesters and their demands, ranging from none in Belgium to 25% in Spain.

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Oct 21

📝 Did you know that you can use HTML tags to customize your maps tooltips?

Join us tomorrow (Oct 22) at 12pm EST / 6pm CET and learn this and other Datawrapper pro tips during our maps webinar!

You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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Oct 20

This week's Data Vis Dispatch covers protests in India 📢🇮🇳, the effects of AI on the U.S. stock market 🤖, work friendships 👥, Amazon’s high seller fees 📈, and taxing the ultra-rich 💵. Explore these topics and much more in the newly posted blog👇

datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-…

A chart visualising the influence of the Michigan Senate candidates' debate on social media. Using over 13,000 X posts, two versions of social media feeds were reconstructed: one targeted at a left-wing audience and one at a right-wing audience. Published by The New York Times.

A chart visualising precipitation anomalies across nine Pacific island countries from 2000 to 2025. Kiribati experienced its wettest year on record in 2015, with +50.3 mm of precipitation, and its driest year in 2022, with -28 mm. Published by Polina Korneeva.

An infographic visualising the findings of a survey of police officers who believe they should be allowed to use force without fear of punishment. According to the survey, 71% of police personnel believe that the police should be allowed to use force without fear of punishment. Published by Reuters.

A 3D map of Japan. Published by Markku Ylisirniö.

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Oct 19

Did you know you can highlight a range right on your Datawrapper chart?

A recession, a policy period, a target zone, you name it! Highlight it, and readers will know where to look 🔍

See it live, along with other features, in our webinar on October 29 at 1pm EST / 6pm CET. /t.co/4tobMjkDEO

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Oct 15

Halfway through the fall marathon season, Datawrapper's co-CEO and head of the vis team Elana gets us up to speed on the changing finishing times. 🏃‍➡️ + 📊 = 🫰

Find out how to make these incredible visualizations on our blog. 👇️

datawrapper.de/blog/marathon-…

Yearly chart of top-50 men's marathon finishing times (2000–2026) showing many recent performances (pink dots) now faster than the 2000 world record (dashed line at 2:05:42), with clear improvement after the 2017 "super‑shoe" era and fewer races during COVID.

Yearly chart of top-50 women's marathon times (2000–2026) with pink dots marking performances faster than the 2000 world record (2:20:43), highlighting faster results since the 2017 super‑shoe era.

Mini area charts for eight major marathons (Tokyo, Sydney, Chicago, New York, Berlin, Paris, London, Boston) showing a clear spike in finishers in the five minutes before 4:00 hours versus after.

Ridgeline chart showing per-minute share of Boston Marathon finishers by year (2000–2026), with the peak finishing distribution shifting left and median times falling over time to 3:28 in 2026, indicating runners overall have gotten faster.

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Oct 14

🗺️ Did you know that you choose from over 4000 basemaps in our collection? And they all show different administrative boundaries!

Dive deep into Datawrapper maps on October 22 at 12pm EST / 6pm CET.

Register for the webinar: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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Oct 14

🎉 All Datawrapper visualizations you embed can now be fully navigated by keyboard! A big step in our effort to make them even more accessible.

Plus: we now support dynamic font scaling that adjusts to the browser-wide default font size.

More here: datawrapper.de/blog/keyboard-…

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Oct 13

This week's Data Vis Dispatch covers Brazil’s age distribution 👥, Thailand's Girls' Love industry 📺🇹🇭, Trump's false election claims 🗳️, America's most popular fruit 🇺🇸, and the 2026 Nobel Prize winners🏆. Explore these topics and much more in the newly posted blog👇 XC

An infographic illustrating the growth of Thailand's Girls' Love industry. In 2022, GAP The Series was the first Girls' Love series to air on Thai free-to-air television. It reached millions of viewers and attracted international audiences across Asia and Latin America. By 2026, the genre had grown, with 33 Girls' Love series having aired or being set to air, bringing the total number of airings on free television since 2022 to 52. Published by Kontinentalist.

A Sankey diagram showcasing China’s current green energy generation and the excess resulting in significant amounts of unused energy. In the first half of 2026 alone, approximately 9% of China's wind and solar energy was left unused. Published by Bloomberg.

A population pyramid showing Brazil’s age distribution from 1950 to a projected 2100. While the population was 53.4 million in 1950, it is projected to reach 163 million by 2100. Published by Karim Douïeb.

A visualization showcasing the lives of Nobel laureates from their birth year to the year they won their prize in physics, chemistry, or medicine. The youngest winner was Lawrence Bragg, who won the Physics Prize at the age of 25, while the oldest was John B. Goodenough, who won the Chemistry Prize at the age of 97. Published by Elia Kabanov.

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Oct 12

🌗 Did you know your Datawrapper charts, maps, and tables can switch to dark mode for better readability?

Turn it on, and your embedded chart will adapt for readers who browse in dark mode.

For many more tricks like that, sign up for our webinar on October 29 at 1pm EST / 6pm ttps://t.co/4tobMjkDEO

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Oct 8

AI might be watching you. 👁️ Where is surveillance tech most common, and what role does the state of democracy play? Our Dispatch curator Michelle charted the answers. 🤳 🚨

Read more about it on the Datawrapper blog. 👇️
datawrapper.de/blog/ai-survei…

World map titled "AI surveillance technologies around the world" using a color scale from light to dark to indicate increasing numbers of deployed AI surveillance technologies, with darkest countries showing the highest deployment.

Bar chart comparing share of countries by regime using AI surveillance tech with highest use of smart policing and facial recognition in liberal democracies, safe city systems in electoral autocracies, and social media surveillance most common in closed autocracies.

Scatterplot mapping countries by democracy score vs digital repression, with points colored by surveillance supplier and sized by number of technologies deployed. North Korea is the most repressive and least democratic country, which doesn't use U.S. or Chinese technology. Germany, on the other hand, is among the most democratic and least repressive, and uses surveillance technology from both China and the U.S.

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Oct 7

🌎️ Did you know that if you have too many points on your symbol map you can group nearby symbols?

Join us on October 22 at 12pm EST / 6pm CET and learn this and other Datawrapper pro tips during our maps webinar!

You can register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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Oct 6

🚇 Do people who say religion isn't important still believe in an afterlife? ✍️ Is AI making students worse at tests? 🧹 And how often were Washington's streets swept in the 1800s?

All in this week's Dispatch, plus Brazil's election and melting ice: datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-…

Hundreds of 3D figures colored by whether they say religion is important in their daily life. A line chart shows that in Western countries, young people are the most likely to believe in an afterlife without being religious, while in non-Western countries it's older people.

A hand-drawn line chart showing the share of correct answers students gave on tests from 2020 to 2025. After ChatGPT became popular, scores on tests taken at their computers kept rising, while scores on proctored tests away from their computers dropped below where they had been before A.I.

An alluvial chart showing how the 120 seats in Israel's parliament were split between parties in every election since 2009, with bands showing how members moved between parties. Likud stays the largest party, while the center parties keep changing names.

A historical map of Washington's streets around the Capitol, colored by how often they were swept, from daily to once every two weeks.

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Oct 5

✏️ If you want to improve your charts and maps, try this: add annotations. Readers will get more out of your visualization, and it will look more interesting.

In Datawrapper, you can add and style them easily.

Watch our product specialist Guillermina demo annotations and other res in her next webinar on Oct 29 at 1pm EST/6pm CET.

Register here: watch.getcontrast.io/register/dataw…

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