Submission guidelines

What we're looking for

A single, clear data story: an original visualization that makes one interesting point, is easy to read, and can be traced back to real data. Quality matters far more than quantity — we publish few things, well.

Every submission must include

• a clear title and a one-line description of what it shows;
• the visualization image, at high resolution, with alt text;
• a primary category, plus relevant topics and countries;
• at least one real source that directly supports the chart, with a link and the date accessed;
• a methodology — the data basis, any calculations, normalization, rounding, and exclusions;
• the caveats — what the chart does not show, so it can't be misread;
• confirmation of your rights and a license for reuse.

Sources & accuracy

• Sources must be real and genuinely related to the chart.
• Mark the primary source; add secondary sources where relevant.
• The headline must be supported by the data — no exaggeration beyond what the numbers show.
• If a figure is an estimate, projection, or has known limitations, say so in the methodology or caveats.

We don't publish

• invented sources or data, or sources unrelated to the chart;
• copied visualizations, screenshots, or stock infographics;
• unreadable, low-effort, or AI-generated “slop”;
• purely promotional graphics or thinly veiled ads;
• charts that make factual claims without sources;
• misleading headlines, truncated axes, or distorted scales.

Rights & licensing

By submitting, you confirm that you created the visualization or have permission to publish it, and that its underlying data may be shown. You choose a license for reuse. You are responsible for the rights to what you submit; we act on valid takedown requests.

How review works

Nothing is published automatically. Every submission goes through:

• Draft → Submitted → Under review, then
• Changes requested, Approved, or Rejected, and finally Published.

An editor checks the sources, methodology, and whether the headline is supported before anything goes live.

Credit & links

When your work is published, you get a creator profile that credits you and can link to your site. To keep things fair and spam-free, links you provide are marked rel="ugc nofollow", and a link is only ever shown once a submission has actually been reviewed and published — submitting is not a way to obtain backlinks.