Data Is Plural

... is a weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets, published by Jeremy Singer-Vine. There have been 396 editions, dating from October 21, 2015 to April 30, 2025. To receive future editions, sign up here:

Recent Editions

• 2025.04.30 • Refugee and asylum policies, tens of millions of flights, US sewer overflow sites, previously unmapped waterways, and canoe marathons.
• 2025.02.26 • Presidential schedules, water availability, 18 million deceased veterans, Argentine treaties, and chord progressions.
• 2025.01.29 • Hyperlocal Trump/Harris results, private schools, hurricane landfalls, grocery ingredients, and a royal regatta.
• 2025.01.08 • Overdose demographics, opioid settlement spending, AI governance documents, NEA writing fellowships, and ISS telemetry.
• 2024.12.11 • Quits and layoffs, food safety alerts, crop rotations, Serbian political party funds, and a long-running ultramarathon.

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• “required reading for anyone interested in data journalism” — Julia Angwin
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