New: Infographic of the Day" from Statista
Today, Statista has started a new, free infographic service. The leading German statistics database will publish up-to-date infographics every day in the fields of media and the economy. The data can be downloaded and used for free by other websites.
- New York, NY (1888PressRelease) February 15, 2012 - A free infographic service from Statista now provides statistical data for German and English-speaking websites. All infographics from Statista can be downloaded and used for free by other websites. The focus of the infographics are interesting statistics on current topics in the fields of media, economy and politics.
„Every day, our graphic designers and editors put together an exciting and attractive infographic of the day", says Statista-CEO Dr. Friedrich Schwandt. „With these infographics, editors and bloggers can enhance their stories and content graphically for free." The current infographics can be downloaded at http://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/media. Editors can register for a newsletter that informs them daily about new available infographics. At the same time, an extensive archive of published graphs is also accessible for free.
The infographics service has been rigorously tested during the last two months, in order to tailor the subject choice and the range as best as possible to the demand. Participants of the test phase included, among others, the German websites Spiegel Online, Wirtschaftswoche and Horizont, as well as English-speaking websites such as Venturebeat and Mashable. A gradual widening of the subject spectrum is planned in the upcoming months.
About Statista - Statista.com is the first statistics database in the world to combine statistical data from a wide variety of public and private sources. At Statista.com, users can find statistics on over 60,000 subjects from more than 10,000 different sources. Statista also covers 20 major industry sectors, from agriculture to administration and social issues. Statista offers quantitative facts for business clients, as well as for educators and researchers. Paid Premium Content is also available. In this case the data is considered crucial for decision-making in business - research and its compilation is generally more time-consuming. The sources of these numbers and data are first and foremost studies from and results of current market research.
The database keeps expanding. All statistics include basic metadata from Statista, such as the source, date of publication, the number of survey participants etc. Thus all the details can be double-checked directly on the Statista website. The compilation of a data set is done according to established scientific criteria.
Statista Ltd. has its headquarters in Hamburg and New York City. The company was founded in 2007 and currently employs a staff of 60. Among them are editors, database and statistics experts. In 2008 Statista was chosen as „Start-Up of the Year" and received the famous Founder's Prize from Financial Times Germany. In 2010 Statista was elected as a „Place of Innovation" and subsequently as the European winner of the Red Herring Prize in that year. Statista also yearly publishes the book „The World in Numbers" in German, in cooperation with the publishing house brand eins.
Statista prioritizes trustworthy cooperation with many companies. Its strategic partners include the German Institute for Economic Research, The Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research, The EHI Retail Institute, the Creditreform Association, as well as the publishing group Handelsblatt.
For more information please contact:
Michael Majoris
Marketing & Sales Manager
Statista Inc.
+1 (212) 960 8514
michael.majoris ( @ ) statista dot com
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