Fork of Internet Users by World Region
This multi-line chart visualizes the growth of Internet users per 100 people across seven world regions from 1990 to 2015. It reveals that East Asia & Pacific has experienced dramatic growth, while North America shows a saturated trend. The visualization uses the MetricsGraphics library with D3.js v4 for data processing and rendering. Data is loaded from a CSV file, parsed by year, and nested by region using `d3.nest()`. The chart employs custom tick formatting with `d3.format` to display large numbers concisely. Data originates from World Bank and International Telecommunication Union records, sourced via Our World in Data.
AI-generated descriptionMulti-line chart showing Internet use over time by region.
North America saturated already, but East Asia & Pacific is skyrocketing!
Uses MetricsGraphics.
Inspired by:
- bl.ocks.org: Interactivity - Internet user change by region
- bl.ocks.org: testing MetricsGraphics (line chart)
Data on Internet users by region, from 1990 - 2015.
This dataset contains the number of Internet users for the following regions:
- East Asia & Pacific
- Europe & Central Asia
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Middle East & North Africa
- North America
- South Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
This data was derived from Our World in Data: Internet users by world region. It originally came from World Bank Data. Becore being published by the World Bank, the variable "Internet users (per 100 people)" was originally published by the International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
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