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Analyze YouTube Trends with a Dashboard

YouTubers are faced with the pressure to create content that can potentially become viral and help pave their way to be the Internet’s next sensation. What, then, gets more views nowadays? Are certain categories more popular than others in general, or does title length matter too? In this guided project, you will build a dashboard with interactive plots to observe trends in YouTube videos over the past decade.

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Guided Project

Data Visualization

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At a Glance

YouTubers are faced with the pressure to create content that can potentially become viral and help pave their way to be the Internet’s next sensation. What, then, gets more views nowadays? Are certain categories more popular than others in general, or does title length matter too? In this guided project, you will build a dashboard with interactive plots to observe trends in YouTube videos over the past decade.

Why you should do this Guided Project

YouTubers are faced with the pressure to create content that can potentially become viral and help pave their way to be the Internet’s next sensation. What, then, gets more views nowadays? Are certain categories more popular than others in general, or does title length matter too?

Whether it be healthcare or retail, data visualization is a crucial technique for displaying key observations in a neat and understandable way. Interactive plots and dashboards extend the possibilities in customizing your presentation for varying audience. In this guided project, you will build a dashboard with interactive plots to observe trends in YouTube videos over the past decade. You will be involved in the complete process of examining the data, determining what variables are of interest, and eventually construct different graphs depending on its purpose.

A Look at the Project Ahead

After completing this guided project you will be able to:
  • Engineer useful features for data visualization
  • Explore types of graphs offered by ggplot and plotly
  • Create interactive plots with plotly
  • Build a static dashboard using flexdashboard

What You'll Need

This project uses R and RStudio. The learner is recommended to have a basic understanding of the language and IDE, such as where to add code, how display output, and some familiarity with dplyr and ggplot.

Frequently Asked Questions

> Do I need to install any software to participate in this project?
Everything you need to complete this project will be provided to you via the Skills Network Labs and it will all be available via a standard web browser.
> What web browser should I use?
The Skills Network Labs platform works best with current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari.

Estimated Effort

45 Minutes

Level

Intermediate

Industries

Agriculture, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail

Skills You Will Learn

Data Analysis, Data Visualization, R

Language

English

Course Code

GPXX03KDEN

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