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Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — a weekly note listing five datasets you can have.

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Data Is Plural

A weekly note listing five datasets you can have

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What Data Is Plural actually is

Jeremy Singer-Vine has published a short newsletter of interesting datasets nearly every week since 2015, now past four hundred editions. Each entry says what the data covers, who assembled it and where to download it. The complete archive is free and searchable.

Why it is worth your time

Entries are picked for being unexpectedly available, so you keep discovering that someone has quietly published the thing you assumed nobody tracked.

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Is Data Is Plural free?: Yes. Data Is Plural is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Data Is Plural take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — a weekly note listing five datasets you can have.
Does Data Is Plural work on a phone?: Yes. Data Is Plural works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is Data Is Plural?: We list it under Data Made Visible — numbers that finally mean something. Entries are picked for being unexpectedly available, so you keep discovering that someone has quietly published the thing you assumed nobody tracked.

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Data Is Plural

A weekly note listing five datasets you can have

Visit data-is-plural.com More Data Made Visible

data-is-plural.com

Coffee break · Works anywhere

Free, no sign-up · online since 2015

What Data Is Plural actually is

Why it is worth your time

Entries are picked for being unexpectedly available, so you keep discovering that someone has quietly published the thing you assumed nobody tracked.

Common questions

Is Data Is Plural free?: Yes. Data Is Plural is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Data Is Plural take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — a weekly note listing five datasets you can have.
Does Data Is Plural work on a phone?: Yes. Data Is Plural works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is Data Is Plural?: We list it under Data Made Visible — numbers that finally mean something. Entries are picked for being unexpectedly available, so you keep discovering that someone has quietly published the thing you assumed nobody tracked.