Data Is Plural

... is a newsletter of useful/curious datasets, published by Jeremy Singer-Vine. There have been 399 editions, dating from October 21, 2015 to July 16, 2025. To receive future editions, sign up here:

Recent Editions

• 2025.07.16 • Landfills, car crash datasets, AI legal flubs, British literary prizes, and subway art.
• 2025.05.21 • Unemployment insurance, FiveThirtyEight’s public data, corporate contracts, positions of power in Italy, and state formation/dissolution.
• 2025.05.14 • Deportation records, European workforces, California ghost guns, US dams, and what the nose knows.
• 2025.04.30 • Refugee and asylum policies, tens of millions of flights, US sewer overflow sites, previously unmapped waterways, and canoe marathons.
• 2025.02.26 • Presidential schedules, water availability, 18 million deceased veterans, Argentine treaties, and chord progressions.

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• “a treasure trove of interesting datasets” — Julia Silge
• “delivers exactly what it promises, it's delightful” — Simon Willison
• “required reading for anyone interested in data journalism” — Julia Angwin
• “consistently fascinating” — Robin Sloan
• “the only newsletter I open immediately” — Paul Ford
• “the newsletter I forward most frequently to colleagues who like datasets” — Melody Joy Kramer
• “definitely my favorite newsletter about data and possibly my favorite newsletter period” — Melanie Walsh
• “the best data newsletter ever” — François Briatte