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13/10/2026

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👇

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-october-13-2026-false-election-claims-a-total-blackout-and-bananas

12/10/2026

🌗 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 CET.

Register here: https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/datawrapper-getting-started-with-datawrapper-c5e82639

08/10/2026

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. 👇️
https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/ai-surveillence-tech

07/10/2026

🌎️ 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: https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/datawrapper-datawrapper-maps-deep-dive-67db81e1

06/10/2026

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

All in this week's Dispatch, plus Brazil's election, the FlyDubai plane, and melting ice:

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-october-6-2026-brazil-elections-flydubai-plane-ice-melting

05/10/2026

✏️ 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 nifty Datawrapper features in her next webinar on Oct 29 at 1pm EST/6pm CET.

Register here: https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/datawrapper-getting-started-with-datawrapper-c5e82639

01/10/2026

Ahead of Columbus Day, our product specialist Guillermina mapped four transatlantic voyages of Christopher Columbus that first put the Americas on European maps. ⛵️ 🌊 🗺️

Read more about the journeys on the Datawrapper blog. 👇️

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/columbus-voyages

29/09/2026

This week's Data Vis Dispatch covers London buses 🔴🚌, the WNBA 🏀, AI mania 🤖, Zurich's job market 🇨🇭, Trump's approval rating 📉, Nepal’s large-scale DNA identification program 👥, and problem gambling 🎰. Explore these topics and much more in the newly posted blog👇

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/data-vis-dispatch-september-29-2026-marine-heatwaves-interactive-maps-and-the-wnba

24/09/2026

As we say goodbye to summer, our developer Hendrik looks back on the hottest days to review a seasonal purchase: a single-unit air conditioner! 🌬️ 🥵 🪟

Considering one for next year? Read about his experience on our blog 👇️

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/monoblock-air-conditioning

24/09/2026

📈 Today! The "Getting started with Datawrapper" webinar starts at 6pm CET / 12pm EDT.

There's still time to register and join the live Q&A:

Just starting out with Datawrapper, or curious about whether it’s the right tool for your work, research, or personal projects? This webinar is for you! Y...