Make Beautiful Graphs in R: 5 Quick Ways to Improve ggplot2 Graphs

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Published 2020-06-29
Make Beautiful Graphs in R: 5 Quick Ways to Improve ggplot2 Graphs
In this video, I'll show you a few different tips and tricks to style your ggplot2 graphs and make them less basic looking. With the help of a couple libraries, you can produce really clean and professional ggplot2 graphs without much effort!

Code: github.com/abhimotgi/dataslice/blob/master/R/Make%…
ggthemes: yutannihilation.github.io/allYourFigureAreBelongTo…
RColorBrewer palettes:www.datanovia.com/en/blog/the-a-z-of-rcolorbrewer-…
Data: www.kaggle.com/neuromusic/avocado-prices

0:00 Intro
0:34 Base graph
1:04 Adding labels
2:06 Setting a theme
3:34 Emphasize data
6:54 Change the colors
8:32 Change the font
9:49 Summary

All Comments (21)
  • @AnnieCushing
    This is top-shelf training. I wrote the book 'Making Data Sexy' but have struggled to make R data sexy. This tutorial armed me with the tools I need and put a fire under me to explore ggplot2's lesser-used arguments. Thank you.
  • I appreciate you taking the time to transform this data set into an appealing visualization in such short time!
  • @imdadood5705
    Wow! This is amazing! I would love to see more appealing R visualizations.
  • @Davao420
    omg this was one of the clearest tutorial ever
  • @TheDataDigest
    This was a really good video. Well structured and right on point. Thanks for the content!
  • @aelhamamy
    Absolutely wonderful! Thanks a lot, man!
  • You made this very easy to understand and will definitely improve my graphs quite much!:)
  • wow this is amazing!! thank you! you answered so many questions in 10 minutes that i would have needed hours to find the answers to... subscribed!
  • @lisaamante5384
    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: This was so awesome, very easy to follow, well explained, clearly and logically organized, great tips! Thanks!
  • @dylana5777
    Great video, really like your presenting style! I'm just starting out in my data career and I've found getting R charts to look less generic quite a challenge. This was a huge help :)
  • @tello9504
    Thank you! Mucho amor desde México, great content 🦙
  • This is truly amazing content. Goldmine. Also kudos, for articulating and conveying the process well :) P.S. Thank you for sharing this on Reddit. You earned a subscriber by doing so :)
  • I didn't know about the font, thanks! Great video, very clear and easy to follow.
  • @erinkim1995
    this is awesome, learning so much! quality content!
  • Thank YOU So MUCH!!! I've learned a lot about the ins-and-outs of ggplot creation.
  • Really good tutorial, no nonsense. 10/10