Library Guides: GLE 230 Composition Guide: Finding Statistics on Your Topic

Watch this video to learn how to search for statistics on your topic in the Statista database.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Find statistics, consumer survey results, industry studies, and infographics from over 18000 sources on over 60000 topics.

Our World in Data This link opens in a new window
"To understand issues that are affecting billions, we need data. We need to carefully measure what we care about and make the results accessible in an understandable and public platform. This allows everyone to see the state of the world today and track where we are making progress, and where we are falling behind. The publication we are building has this goal. Through interactive data visualizations we can see how the world has changed; by summarizing the scientific literature we can understand why."

Pew Research Center
Independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues
Social Blade
Social Blade is a statistics website that tracks usage statistics and measure growth across multiple social media platforms including YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram.
SimilarWeb
Lists worldwide rankings of top websites, apps (Android and iOS), browsers, and browsers. Basic info available for free, advanced information requires a subscription.
National Center for Health Statistics
Health Statistics for the US from the Centers for Disease Control. Includes population surveys, vital statistics, and historical data.
Visual Capitalist
High-quality infographics on a variety of subjects which can be reused for academic purposes.
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You can use our original content for free, as long as you follow these guidelines:

– Please link back to the original source

– Please provide attribution to “Visual Capitalist”

– Please don’t edit or change the content, size, or formatting of the graphic

You are welcome to use our original content in any way as long as you abide by the above considerations. However, if you are looking to make edits to the content (resize, translations, remove branding, etc.) you are required to license it for professional use.
U.S. Census.gov
A great source for demographic data about the United States. Don't be afraid to ask for help, this very large site can be overwhelming.

GLE 230 Composition Guide: Finding Statistics on Your Topic