Population in Europe Experiencing Depression


Eurostats has an interesting dataset showing the percentage of the population experiencing depression in Europe. The map above shows that Hungary, Portugal, and Sweden are the countries with a higher percentage of the population experiencing depressive symptoms.

A breakdown by sex shows that Portugal is the country with the highest percentage of the female population experiencing depression.

Pay Gap in Europe


A couple of days ago, on March the 8th, it was the international women's day. I was chatting with some family members about whether this day should exist at all (they were arguing that the day should be every day). I was checking the pay gap between men and women in European countries, and I think there is still a reason to celebrate this day.

Trump Polluting the news headlines


For many years now, Google News has been my main source for information because the algorithm stacks and orders headlines quite nicely from multiple news sources. Since Trump was inaugurated, I had the subjective impression that his name is overtaking most of the headlines (He is newsworthy, of course, but still). I was making a quick n-grams check on the headline anchors; his name is indeed taking many of the headline spots.

Top UK artists in history


Interesting chart about the top UK selling music acts in history. Data from wikipedia.

Top Selling Musical Artists By Country And Gender