It’s #ggplot2’s 18th birthday

data-visualisation
ggplot2

“A perfect excuse to recirculate this plot I made entirely with #ggplot2 that looks like a cake!”

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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

June 11, 2025

Happy birthday ggplot, and thank you Hadley Wickham for all your work not only on this package but on the ethos of the R community. I hope you’re enjoying the celebrations!

Plot made to look like a 10 tier cake with icing dripping in sunset colours, from yellow to pink.

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For attribution, please cite this work as:
Thompson, Cara. 2025. “It’s #Ggplot2’s 18th Birthday.” June 11, 2025. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2025-06-11-ggplot2-birthday/.