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.

After completing this guided project you will be able to:

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.

> 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.