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Creating Animated Bar Chart Races with Python and Matplotlib

Keith Galli via YouTube

Overview

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Master the creation of animated bar chart races in this 27-minute Python tutorial focused on visualizing population trends using matplotlib. Starting with raw UN population data, learn essential data processing techniques before building a static bar chart visualization. Progress through implementing animation functionality with matplotlib's FuncAnimation to create dynamic racing bar charts, and finish by enhancing the visual appeal through advanced formatting and styling. Follow along with provided code samples and datasets to develop engaging time series visualizations that transform static population data into compelling animated stories.

Syllabus

- Video Overview
- Step 0. Find a Dataset to Use link in description
- Step 1. Initial Data Processing/Cleaning
- Step 2. Plot Static Bar Chart using Matplotlib
- Step 3. Create animation using Matplotlib FuncAnimation & Save it as mp4 video
- Step 4. Improve Formatting & Styles

Taught by

Keith Galli

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