First Coined In 2013 Social Visualization trend icon

Social Visualization

To make data more accessible, new tools and technologies allow people to visualize content as part of their social profiles and online conversations.

The 2013 Non-Obvious Trend Report, where Social Visualization was first coined

First published in the 2013 Non-Obvious Trend Report →

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A- Graded A- in 2026 ·
an exceptional prediction that grew more true over time

How this trend held up

Tools for visualizing data continue to be commonplace and popular. This is one of those trends that were emerging when first written but seem obvious and still accurate.

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