IIB Awards 2019: By The Numbers

Let's peek into some fascinating numbers from 8 years of celebrating data visualization & information design...

:: With over 4,000 total entries, we have celebrated 282 winners since 2012.

:: We had 71 student entries in 2019.

Take a look at their work in our Showcase - we love supporting early-career dataviz creators by giving them free entry & a platform to show their stuff.

Dataviz is a rapidly growing & evolving global field, and we see that international reach reflected in our numbers for the 2019 Information is Beautiful Awards.

:: 51 countries submitted work to the Awards in 2019 - 18 for the first time.

Peru
Chile
Kenya
Estonia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Hungary
Iran
Ireland
Malaysia
Mozambique
Norway
Portugal
Qatar
Romania

Since 2017 China has increased its number of entries by +30 each year. In 2019 Singapore, Russia & Japan doubled their entries from the previous year.

A few more random facts:

:: Projects covering the NBA increased by 200% in 2019

:: Curiously, 2019 saw 3 separate Bauhaus works. Architecture & basketball, anyone?

:: We had several physical (and wearable, readable & playable) dataviz projects in the Awards this year:

And finally, 13,356 of you voted in the 2019 Information is Beautiful Awards. Thank you for supporting & engaging with this beautiful community - you can find us hanging out and prepping for the 2020 Awards on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

Posted in Awards — almost 5 years ago