As mentioned previously, this was surprising to Khan. Khan’s a Data Analyst and Analytics Consultant who has published many of his Tableau projects on LinkedIn and they would often receive a lot of internet attention, ranging from 70,000 to 200,000 views per post. And then he heard about r/DataIsBeautiful, a subreddit dedicated to all things data and diagrams.

“I decided to join and share my work there too. Literally, I had absolutely no idea that this particular viz would go so viral. I was shocked. I spent the better half of a day just reading every comment posted on it and the feedback from it. I just could barely process that so many people liked it and commented on the trends, and I was just really flattered to see that my work could be part of a larger community.”

He continued: “For me, my data philosophy has always been to just deliver something that is insightful for someone, so that they can learn something from my viz. Even as we speak, I’m finding that dozens of people on LinkedIn are resharing my post, and even I’m finding it on Instagram now as well— I’m not even on Instagram but my friend had shared that it’s reached their too with data pages sharing to their followers. So it’s really overwhelming but I’m really humbled by it.”