Infographics: Which Sites are Best? 

Recently, I heard the term "infographic." I wasn't really sure what this was, but it was easy to break the work apart to figure it out.  

Info=information   Graphic= some sort of visual representation

Just to make sure, I looked at dictionary.com to view an actual definition. "Infographic" is listed as "a visual representation of information in the form of a chart, graph or other image accompanied by minimal text, tended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject."

After learning what an "infographic" is, I was curious about how to create one. I looked at three different sites that help the user create infographics among other types of visual graphics. Here is what I found.

Piktochart

• Home page has various choices for the user including infographics, presentations, posters, reports, flyers and more. "More" has choices such as resumes, newsletters, and invitations.
• A user can start a new account by using Google information.
• Under the "infographics" category, there are a lot of examples to choose from.
• A user can also choose the infographic he/she wants by choosing the type of information he/she wants represented. Some of the choices are comparison, data visualization, a list, and process.

As a first time user, the site seems fairly easy to navigate and use. 

Infogram

• A user can start a new account by using Google information.
• On the home page, there are choices such as infographics, reports, slides, dashboards, social media, and posters. **Some of these are different than Piktochart's choices.**
• Under the "infographics" category, there are tons of examples of templates to choose from. 

This site seemed a little less user friendly than Piktochart, but that is just my opinion. 😊

Easel.ly

•  A user can start a new account by using Google information.
• The home page is very simple, with the choice to "start a new project." ** This is way simpler than Piktochart or Infogram.**
• Once starting a new project, the user can decide what type through a subcategory that lists choices such as resume, timeline, process, report, real estate, food, social media, etc.
• When a user chooses a subcategory, there are template that pop up. The templates are not very large. ** The templates seem to be shorter with less information than the ones shown on Piktochart or Infogram.**

Out of the three sites that I looked at, this one seems to be the easiest to use, not only because of the simplicity of the home page, but also because the templates are shorter. I believe that Easel.ly is a good place to start when trying to become familiar with infographics. Below is a link to an infographic I created on Easel.ly.

https://www.easel.ly/infographic/ao49k9

The information represented on my infographic comes from the Pew Research Center website and is specific data related to the usage of online dating apps.

Vogels, E. A. (2023, February 24). About Half of Never-Married Americans Have Used an Online Dating Site or App. Pew Research Center. Retrieved March 1, 2023, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/02/24/the-never-been-married-are-biggest-users-of-online-dating/