Economically and Physically, Blackpool is Unwell

Source: Financial Times
Author: John Burn-Murdoch

Best Practices:

• Great title and use of color in the title so that a color legend is necessary
• Each chart title is perfectly worded; not too brief, not too long
• Love the labeling of the lines
• Including the value of the gaps at the start and end of the line so that the reader doesn't have to do the math in their head.
• Making the Blackpool line slightly thicker so that it stands out a touch more
• Good use of annotations
• Including key metrics that support the title and help explain the problem
• Minimal use of gridlines on all of the charts to keep it from looking too busy

Recommended Enhancements:

• Does the scale of the line chart (tall and skinny) over exaggerate the change?

Across the globe, personality is rated as more important than looks

Source: YouGov
Author: YouGov

Best Practices:

• Excellent title and subtitle
• Including the survey dates in the footer
• Good annotations to emphasize the biggest differences
• Including minimal axis labels then using white gridlines for every 10%; this really helps reduce clutter
• Symbols for men and women are easy to distinguish from one another
• Since the title refers to women's preferences, sorting the countries by women's response rate make sense

Recommended Enhancements:

• Make it interactive so that you hover and see the percentages
• Allow an option to sort by men's response rate, though this would distract from the title