Curious about what you can accomplish with a data analytics skill set? We've gathered a list of cool projects to get you inspired! But first:
Why is Data Analytics important?
Data plays a huge part in your everyday life: from your social feeds, Netflix, and Spotify being eerily curated to your interests, to Google auto-completing your search in seconds.
Data also plays a huge role in your everyday work, no matter what role or industry you’re in. Maybe you're a business owner identifying customer buying behaviour, a marketer researching key trends, or an activist highlighting systemic inequalities. The list goes on!
Data has the power to personalize our experiences, cut costs, and solve problems. Knowing how to harness its power is not only incredibly important for a business, but also for you as a more empowered, informed user!
Now that you know just how powerful data is, let's see it in action!
Fun Data Projects
These data projects show just how much fun you can have telling stories through numbers and data visualization:
Squirrel Census
The Squirrel Census is a multimedia science, design, and storytelling project focused on squirrels in Central Park.
Selfie City
Selfie City uses data sets to investigate the phenomenon of selfies from five cities across the world.
The Most Popular Consumer Brand in Every Country
This battle of the brands measures the popularity of top brands in every country - some of them may surprise you!
Data Projects For Social Good
Data is also a powerful tool to highlight systemic inequalities and share information with the public in an accessible way:
#MeToo Rising
#MeToo Rising is a data visualization project chronicling the global #MeToo movement over time from Google Trends.
Oscars Breakdown
This Oscars breakdown of the past decade uses data to highlight its big diversity problem.
World Map of Sexual Orientation Laws
This world map of sexual orientation laws is a data visualization that highlights the absence of positive law in most parts of the world.
Looking to learn data analytics?
Our beginner-friendly Data Analytics course will teach you the basics, fast. You'll learn to make data-driven decisions at work, optimize your workflows, and better understand your customers with in-demand tools and languages like Google Sheets, SQL, and Tableau. See what you'll learn and build below: