Our World in Data

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Group.png Our World in Data   Influencewatch WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Formation2011
Founder Max Roser
Sponsored byBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Department of Health and Social Care, WHO

Our World in Data (OWID) is a online publication making interactive charts and maps to illustrate research findings. These charts are then used by corporate media and "policymakers" around the world.[1]

It is funded via grants from private foundations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Quadrature Climate Foundation. It also has various "sponsors" including the Musk Foundation, the Pritzker Innovation Fund, and the Camp Foundation.

Work

OWID has produced 3381 charts across 297 topics, and focuses on subjects such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. OWID was referenced in nearly 50,000 media articles during 2022; and over 20,000 of these references were in large media outlets with international reach, such as The Guardian, The BBC, and The New York Times.[1]

OWID is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales.[2], through which OWID receives funding.

Covid

In 2020 it reorganized, "and became a highly visible, trusted source of data and research on Covid-19." It created a Global Covid-19 Vaccinations Database, applying lessons learned from the work we had started the previous year on Covid-19 Testing. In 2021 it did an analysis, compilation and curation of available Covid-19 Vaccination data. "Thanks to this effort, all major international organisations and news outlets, as well as thousands of policymakers and hundreds of heads of state around the world, can rely on accurate and timely data on the vaccine rollout"[3]


 

Sponsors

EventDescription
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationVery influential and rich foundation established to take leadership of global health.
Department of Health and Social Care
WHOShot to prominence as a tool of the SDS in 2020 and took a leading role in legitimizing the Covid-19 event.
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References

  1. ↑ a b https://ourworldindata.org/coverage#coverage
  2. ↑ https://ourworldindata.org/about
  3. ↑ https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2022/10/Annual-Report-2021-1.pdf


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