Online Dating Users Profile
Thirty percent of U.S. adults say they have used online dating, as shown in this horizontal 100% stacked bar chart. Younger, urban and lower income adults are more likely to have used online dating...
View ArticleGlobal Entertainment Market
Home/mobile consumers account for most of the growth in the $101B entertainment market, as shown in the top stacked bar chart. Theatrical viewers went from 52% to just 42% of the global entertainment...
View ArticleTech Giant Market Cap Decline
The five tech giants lost 24% of their market capitalization between February 21, 2020 and March 23, 2020, as shown in this cluster bar chart with bar comparison lines. Microsoft, Apple, Google and...
View ArticleCARES Act $2T Stimulus Bill
While individuals receive the largest share of the CARES Act stimulus package, loans to large companies is the largest segment at $425B or 21% of the total, as shown in this Marimekko chart. The bulk...
View ArticleMekko Graphics 11.2.100.672 Release Notes
Overview – This is a major release that introduces several new features New Capabilities: 1. Weekends in Gantt can be hidden and which days make up a weekend can be designated 2. Primary Y axis can be...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Cases by Country
While the most COVID-19 cases to date have been reported in the US, European countries have the highest ratio of cases per capita, as shown in these two horizontal bar charts. Data are from Johns...
View ArticleWhat is a market map?
A market map provides an overview of a market in a single chart. Often the term "market map" is used interchangeably with its chart type, the marimekko chart. The market map is one of the charts...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Deaths
Eighty per cent of the 133,359 COVID-19 deaths are concentrated in 7 countries with 20% in the US, as shown in this 100% stacked bar chart. The seven other countries are mostly in Europe--Italy,...
View ArticleHow Do I Limit What's Shown on a Chart?
A Mekko Graphics user submitted this request to Ask an Expert. When I make a line chart with a lot of data points, how do I only show a subset of data labels on the x axis? A common example of this is...
View ArticleUnreported COVID-19 Deaths
Covid-19 deaths may be significantly under-reported. The New York Times estimated that there could be 26,000 unreported deaths by comparing the normal number of deaths, actual deaths, and number of...
View ArticleHow to Create Agenda Slides
You can easily create agenda slides using Mekko Graphics slide tools. Here's how to do it: Click on Mekko Graphics Tools and then click on the Agenda icon. This will insert a single agenda slide into...
View ArticleHow to Use Theme Colors
Here's a recent question submitted to Ask an Expert. Is there a way to import colors from a PowerPoint template to Mekko Graphics? You can use the colors from a PowerPoint theme or any PowerPoint...
View ArticleWHO Contributions by Country
WHO contributions are evenly split among the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Americas contributed $164M or 34% of the 2020 WHO budget. Europe and Asia followed with $156M (32%) and $150M (31%),...
View ArticleTech Giants Market Cap Rebound
Tech giants lost $1.28T in value in a little over one month and then gained it all back, as shown in this cluster bar chart with bar comparison lines and data column. Microsoft, Apple, Google and...
View ArticleCOVID Impact on US Employment
Private sector employment decreased by over 20 million jobs or 16% between March and April, as shown in this waterfall chart. March employment was 129 million jobs according to the ADP National...
View ArticleUS Covid-19 Deaths by Race
Covid-19 has affected Black Americans more than other racial groups, as shown in this 100% stacked bar chart. While Blacks make up 12.5% of the US population and 18.2% in places where Covid-19 deaths...
View ArticleUS COVID Deaths in Long-Term Care
For most states, the majority of Covid-19 deaths were in long-term care facilities, as shown in this horizontal bar chart. For the country as a whole, 42% of all Covid-19 deaths were in long-term care...
View ArticleEuropean Football Schedule Changes
The Covid pandemic ended the season in France’s Ligue 1 and extended the season in other top European football leagues well into their summer breaks, as shown in this Gantt chart. All five top European...
View ArticleUS Employment Decline Slows
Private sector employment decreased by 2.8M jobs or 3% in May. The decline in April was much steeper with 19.6M jobs lost. Data for the two months are combined into this waterfall chart that is based...
View ArticleRacial Wealth Gap in the US
There is a significant wealth gap between black and white households in the US. Black households have 153% lower median net worth and 26% lower income than white households. They are also less likely...
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