What's new
What's new on Chartly
135 updates since September 2026.
Guides and lessons
November 2026
3 updates
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Nov 5, 2026
Learn to read charts in a free course
"How to read a chart" is five short lessons on axes, units, rates versus counts, margins of error and checking sources, using real charts. It's free, needs no account, and gives librarians a ready-made line for their research guides.
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Nov 4, 2026
Five new guides to everyday money questions
New guides answer which states have the cheapest rent, where electricity is cheapest, whether inflation is slowing, whether gas prices are going up, and whether pay is keeping up. They use our charts, and their numbers update themselves.
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Nov 4, 2026
Read The U.S. in 50 charts, 2026
One report pulls the key number from 50 charts, on the national debt, jobs, prices, rent, health, crime, energy and more, with each chart's source and date. Its numbers update themselves, and you can copy a citation for the whole report.
October 2026
6 updates
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Oct 30, 2026
Each chart lesson has its own page
Each of the 20 teacher lessons now has its own page with the chart, how to read it and questions to discuss. Teachers can copy one link and post it in Google Classroom, Canvas or Moodle.
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Oct 29, 2026
10 new teacher lessons on crime, wealth, countries
The For teachers page now offers 20 ready-made lessons, with new ones on city crime, wealth by age, world internet use and country rankings. Each has a short reading note and three discussion questions you can share with a class.
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Oct 29, 2026
Guide: which big cities have the highest murder rates
A new plain-words guide ranks 89 big U.S. cities by murder rate, shows whether murder is falling nationwide and links to each city's crime history. Its numbers update themselves when the FBI data does.
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Oct 28, 2026
Three new guides: recalls, wealth by age, debt
New plain-words guides answer "Are food recalls going up?", "How much wealth do Americans have at each age?" and "Is the national debt growing faster than the economy?". Their numbers update themselves from Chartly's charts.
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Oct 27, 2026
Read a guide: Is crime falling in the U.S.?
A new short guide answers whether U.S. crime is going up or down in plain words, using several FBI charts. Its numbers update themselves when new data comes out, and every source is cited.
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Oct 20, 2026
Read each month's jobs and inflation report
Every month gets its own jobs report and inflation report page. Each says in plain words what unemployment, jobs, pay and prices did against the month before and a year earlier, with charts and sources.
September 2026
1 update
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Sep 29, 2026
Ready-made chart lessons for teachers
A new For teachers page offers 10 chart lessons a class can use as is. Each has a short note on how to read the chart and three questions to discuss, and the lesson also shows on the chart's own page.