On July 11, 2016, we launched data.world to the public. Before that date, we were in stealth mode with only this quote on our home page: If the universe of data were suddenly made available, it would unleash the creativity of problem-solvers to combine different data...
Striking a balance With the potential to inspire business opportunities, unlock insights in advanced medical research, and uncover solutions for providing smarter public services, open data is at the forefront of today’s public discourse. More and more, by analyzing...
“What if we look back at this decade and think: this is the moment when we started to sort out what data meant to us?” Laurie Frick believes we’re living this moment right now. As a Data Artist, Laurie explores the intersection of data and design. She is forging a new...
In 1970, people first used more environmental resources than the world could produce. The gap between demand and nature’s ability to meet that demand has grown steadily since then. Each year we live in ecological deficit–taking more than can be replenished–we draw...
A collaboration between Data for Democracy and data.world Our final visualization. Read on to see how we made it! Bribery, extortion, and wire fraud. Those are the charges filed against Willie Cochran, a Chicago alderman accused of stealing “at least $30,000 from a...
data.world is excited to announce the release of a valuable data source in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau — the American Community Survey (ACS). With these 16 new Census datasets, users can enrich their analyses with the most up-to-date U.S. demographic and...
