Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PolisPulse, the US public life in data launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Our World In Data▲102

   A web publication showcasing empirical research and data

   2016 · ourworldindata.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   99% Invisible - The Magic Bureaucrat▲62

   How overgeneralized correlational data influenced US welfare

   2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Social Cops▲63

   Powering world's decisions through data from the grassroots

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Datastory▲118

   Turn the world's data into stories worth sharing

   24d ago · datastory.tech · its alternatives →

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   Realtime – automated data-driven reports on public data▲6

   2024 · realtime.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Naked Statistics▲66

   Stripping the dread from the data

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

   How to think about data

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PolicyViz: Chris Parmer from Plotly▲53

   The future of online data visualization tools

   2016 · policyviz.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Naked Statistics▲69

   Build intuition around data

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Public Parts▲83

    How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

    2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Polis Pulse - News Dashboard▲1

    Bird's-eye view using public, objective data

    2019 · polispulse.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Votecastr▲108

    Unprecedented real-time US election voting data

    2016 · votecastr.us · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Data for Good▲62

    Share data-driven projects for social good.

    2014 · dataforgood.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Data USA▲12

    The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data

    2016 · datausa.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Polis▲85

    Easy and scalable door-to-door voter outreach

    2015 · polispolitics.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Retail in Real-Time▲70

    Visualizing how the US spends its money

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Data USA▲4

    The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Countable▲73

    Direct Democracy with Countable

    2014 · myactionable.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Note to Self - The Case for Infomagical▲62

    A campaign to end information overload

    2016 · waaa.wnyc.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    DataKind▲69

    A nonprofit connecting data workers and social orgs

    2014 · datakind.org · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

    Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Securing Democracy▲79

    A "disinformation dashboard" tracking Russian propaganda

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Rocketship.fm - Big data, privacy and the implications of the surveillance economy▲72

    We summarize how big companies are using our data

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Deconstructed▲68

    Multi-device user data analytics in one place

    2014 · deconstructed.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →