TidyTuesday: Your Weekly Dose of Data Exploration and Visualization Projects
Are you looking to hone your data skills, explore fascinating datasets, and connect with a thriving community of data enthusiasts? Look no further than TidyTuesday, a weekly social data project that welcomes participants of all skill levels.
What is TidyTuesday and Why Should You Participate?
TidyTuesday provides real-world datasets every week, offering an opportunity to practice and improve your data analysis and visualization abilities using tools like R or Python. It's more than just practice; it's an opportunity to learn, share, and grow alongside a supportive community.
- Real-world Datasets: Work with diverse and intriguing data, from Himalayan mountaineering expeditions to the history of The Simpsons.
- Skill Development: Sharpen your data tidying, analysis, and visualization techniques.
- Community Engagement: Share your work, learn from others, and receive feedback in a welcoming environment.
How to Get Involved with TidyTuesday
Participating in TidyTuesday is easy. Follow these simple steps to maximize your learning and engagement:
- Data Announcement: Every Monday morning, a new dataset is released on social media.
- Data Exploration: Dive into the data, uncover interesting relationships, and formulate questions. Remember, focus on exploring relationships and avoid drawing unsubstantiated causal conclusions.
- Visualization and Modeling: Create visualizations, models, or interactive apps using your preferred programming language.
- Sharing: Share your creations and code on social media using the #TidyTuesday hashtag. This is a great opportunity to get feedback and connect with other participants.
Benefits of Contributing to TidyTuesday
Contribute code, documentation, or even suggest datasets. This is a project driven by the community and for the community. Consider these benefits:
- Contribute a Dataset: Do you have an interesting dataset in mind? You can curate a dataset for a future TidyTuesday.
- Improve your portfolio: A great way to show prospective employers what you're capable of.
- Make friends: The community is friendly and helpful.
- Learn from Experts: Interact with experienced data scientists and learn new tips and tricks.
Accessing TidyTuesday Datasets from 2018 to 2025
Explore a rich archive of datasets from previous TidyTuesday challenges:
Example TidyTuesday Datasets for 2025
Get a sneak peek at some of the exciting datasets planned for TidyTuesday in 2025:
- posit::conf talks: Analyze data from the posit::conf attendee portals to gain insights into data science trends.
- Himalayan Mountaineering Expeditions: Delve into the history of Himalayan expeditions with data from The Himalayan Database.
- Water Insecurity: Explore US Census data to visualize and understand water insecurity using tools like tidycensus.
- The Simpsons: A lighthearted dataset to explore The Simpsons.
- CDC Datasets: Historical data from the CDC gives you a chance to play with public health data.
- FBI Crime Data API: Data from the FBI Crime Data API.
Join the TidyTuesday Community
TidyTuesday is more than just a project; it's a community. Get involved today and transform your data skills. Don't miss out – join the weekly #TidyTuesday challenge and contribute to the growing world of open data science!