Week 1 2021: The Great Bicycle Boom of 2020
Welcome to #MakeoverMonday in 2021 – here are your favorites for week 1 plus a recap with three lessons learned.
Week 52: Global import of cocoa beans
The last week of 2020 had us visualize data about cocoa bean imports by different regions around the world. Check out these inspiring favorites that will leave you wanting chocolate…
Week 3 2020: Is it time to treat sugar like smoking?
For the third data set of 2020, we set the task of visualising data about the consumption of “free sugars” in the UK
Week 2, 2020: Use of harmful pesticides in US agriculture
For week 2 we asked the community to tackle a dataset about pesticide use in the US versus other major agricultural producers.
Week 1 2020: What is America’s most popular sport?
For Charlie’s first Makeover Monday dataset, he looked at how sports favourability has changed over time in America
Week 53: The Most Popular Makeover Monday Topics
Original visualization | Data set on data.world FAVORITESAuthor: Brett GrodzitskyAuthors: Adam Crahen / Pooja GandhiAuthor: Marian EerensAuthor: Ian Conlon Author: Shawn Levin Author: Andreas KoschinekAuthor: Chantilly JaggernauthAuthor: Kate Schaub
Week 52: Christmas Spending
During Christmas week we challenged Makeover Monday participants to visualize how much money is spent by Brits and Europeans for Christmas.
Week 51: NBA Defensive Ratings
Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar FAVORITESAuthor: Joakim DalenAuthor: Takafumi ShukuyaAuthor: Klaus SchulteAuthor: Candra McRaeAuthor: Tushar MoreAuthor: Meera UmasankarAuthor: Bo McCreadyAuthor: Evelina JudeikytėAuthor: Ryan...
Week 50: Biggest Fast Food Chains in America
For week 50 we analyzed the revenue and number of stores of the top 30 fast food chains in the US. The results may surprise you. Check out this week’s favorites…
Week 49: How much does union membership benefit America’s workers?
Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar FAVORITESAuthor: Candra McRaeAuthor: Barnabas Markus Author: Evelina Judeikytė Author: Philippe Massicotte Author: Agata Ketterick Author: Yanning Wang Author: Agnieszka Atlasik Author: Tushar...
Goodbye and Thank you!
Making over data visualizations has been my primary learning method for the past 10+ years. My first blog post was a simple makeover of a pie chart. Before After It was nothing fancy (I didn't even know how to take a decent screenshot) and it was the start of...
Week 48: The NYC Central Park Squirrel Census
As winter approaches, we look at data from the Squirrel Census about NYC Central Park squirrel numbers, fur colors and behaviours. Check out this week’s favorites for a look at different visualizations of the data.
Week 47: Smartphone Ownership Among Youth
Our first challenge post-TC19 was to visualize the change in smartphone ownership in tweens and teens between 2015 and 2019. Check out the favorites!
Week 46: Youth and Adult Literacy Rates
Week 46 saw 1600 people create #MakeoverMonday vizzes on Literacy rates during #data19 in Las Vegas. Here are this week’s favorites.
Week 45: Las Vegas Convention Attendance & Visitor Traffic
#MakeoverMonday week 45 was all about getting everyone fired up for TC19. They had to visualize visitors and convention attendees in Las Vegas. Check out the favorites.
Week 44: Annual Sunshine Hours
Before winter consumes much of the Nothern Hemisphere with longer hours of darkness, we challenged everyone to visualize the hours of sunshine enjoyed by different cities around the world.
Week 43: The Age At Which Most People Are Dying By Suicide
CONTENT WARNING: death, suicide • For #MakeoverMonday, the community brought to light a very difficult topic: suicide. Here are the vizzes that communicated the topic most effectively.
Week 42: Ironman World Championship Medalists
In week 42 #MakeoverMonday was all about the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii and the medal winners from 1978 to 2019. Check out this week’s favourites from nine different participants.
Week 41: Donations Accepted By Political Parties in the UK
Here are the favorites for week 41, in which we visualized donations accepted by UK political parties. Some interesting analysis!
Week 40: Population Predictions for London
Is London getting older? Will there be more old people than young people and children in the next few decades? And where do the older versus younger generations live? These questions were tackled by the community for week 40 of Makeover Monday, looking at population predictions for England’s capital city.
Week 39: Evictions in San Francisco
For #MakeoverMonday week 39, the community visualized evictions in San Francisco.
Week 38: Positive Impact Events – Commitments from the Event Industry for the Sustainable Development Goals
Week 38 challenged our community to tackle survey data from MyWorld2030 to gain insights into the committments of the events industry to take action towards the SDGs. This collaboration is in support of the SDG Action Campaign.
Week 37: James Patterson Book Checkouts at Seattle Libraries
For week 37, we analyzed which books fans of James Patterson checkout from Seattle’s public libraries.
Week 36: Fall is the favorite season for most Americans
During week 36 the #MakeoverMonday community worked with survey data on the seasons preferred by Americans.
Week 35 – PCs to Become the Smallest Gaming Platform in 2018
The future of gaming was the topic for week 35. Who created the vizzes I liked this most?
Week 34: Americans touch their smartphones 2,617 times a day
In week 34 we asked our Makeover Monday community to visualize survey data about how attached teens and their parents are to their mobile phones and the impact it has.
Week 33: A bird’s-eye view of clinical trials
For week 33 we challenged the community to visualise an in-depth dataset about clinical trials by leading drug companies.
Week 32: Britain is rapidly phasing out coal
In week 32 the community analysed UK Gridwatch data to showcase Britains phasing out of coal-powered energy.
Week 31: STD Infection Rates in America
Following on from week 29’s theme about frequency of sex in America, this week the Community visualized data about STDs in America.
Week 30: Arsenal FC’s 2018/19 season
For week 30, to celebrate Andy’s 800th Tableau Public viz, Eva challenged the community to visualize Arsenal FC’s 2018/19 season.
Week 29: The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high
Some people might have thought week 29 was a sensitive topic. This week, we challenged the community to visualize the declining frequency of sex in America.
Week 28: International Protection in the EU+
During week 28, we challenged our community to visualize how asylum application numbers to Europe have changed over the last 10 years.
Week 27: Game of Thrones Deaths
For week 27, David Murphy asked us to makeover a viz he created with his personally collected data about deaths in Game of Thrones. Check out his favorites for the week.
Week 26: Alcohol Consumption by Country
For week 26 we tackled the topic of alcohol consumption. The community created many makeovers of a simple bar chart from World Atlas. Check out this week’s favorites here.
Week 25: Berlin Airbnb Ratings
Week 25 was a #MakeoverMonday Live at TC Europe looking at Airbnb listings and reviews in Berlin
Week 24: Same-sex couples and sexual relations
For week 24 we celebrated #PrideMonth with data and asked the community to tackle a dataset about attitudes towards same-sex relationships. Here are this week’s favorites.
Week 23: Sleepless in America?
Are Americans sleeping more or less? Check out this week’s favorites to find the answer.
Week 22: CO2 Emissions per capita
In week 22 the community tackled data about CO2 emissions by countries across the globe, highlighting the severity of the situation when it comes to climate change.
Week 21: When are you most likely to be killed by a bear in North America?
Week 21 was all about bears in North America, specifically bear attacks. Check out our favorites from the week.
Week 20: Rhino Poaching in South Africa
For week 20 the community created impactful and thoughtful visualizations to highlight the state of rhino poaching in South Africa.
Week 19: Major League Baseball Most Efficient Batters
No sports is more associated with statistics than baseball. So this week, we challenged the #MakeoverMonday community to determine the most efficient batters.
Week 18: ISS Spacewalks
In week 18 the Makeover Monday community tackled data about spacewalks at the ISS. Lot’s of creative and thoughtful visualizations were the result. Check them out here.
Week 17: Steph Curry’s Stadium Popcorn Rankings
This week was one of the most fun datasets for #MakeoverMonday to date. The Community visualized Stephen Curry’s popcorn ratings. What a tasty topic!
Week 16: The words in ‘Info We Trust’
For week 16 the community had to visualize the words in RJ Andrew’s book ‘Info We Trust’. The outcome was a mix of Informational, Mathemagical and Sensational.
Week 15: Ranking States by Fiscal Condition
Week 15 had the Community visualizing the fiscal condition of States in America from 2006-2016.
Week 14: What kind of waste appears on UK beaches?
Original visualization | Data set on data.world | Viz Review Webinar FAVORITES Author: Ivett Kovács Link: Tableau Public Author: Samo Drole Link: Tableau Public Author: Amy Wu Link: Tableau Public Author: Hesham Eissa...
Week 13: Consumer Spending By Generation
Who visualized consumer spending by generation best for Makeover Monday week 13? Check out the favorites.
Week 12: How do we really feel about women leaders?
In week 12 the community tackled the question of how suitable different genders are perceived to be for leadership roles.
Week 11: Philadelphia Real Estate Transfers
With 3+ million records, how did the community visualize real estate transfers in Philadelphia?
Reflective Log: It’s time for a change
Reflective Log: It’s time for a change. Why I’m stepping back from #MakeoverMonday.
Week 10: World Development Indicators – Health and Equality
For week 10 #MakeoverMonday collaborated with Operation Fistula to help increase awareness of maternal and women’s health issues.
Week 9: Economic value of the bicycle industry
For Makeover Monday Week 9, the community visualized data about the economic value of the bicycle industry in the UK.
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