# HerWorkCircle idea space

Sub-niches for world-wide infographic ideas, grouped by category. Combine one sub-niche with a format, a lens, a scale, a time and a place to get a specific, fresh idea. All text in English; examples from many regions.

## Business & Finance

- small shops and street trade
- how a loan gets repaid
- prices of everyday goods over time
- where a phone's price goes
- who owns the world's companies
- tips, wages and minimum pay rules
- remittances between countries
- what inflation does to a weekly shop
- cooperatives and shared businesses
- the life of a banknote

## Healthcare & Medical

- how a vaccine is tested
- what happens in an emergency room hour
- sleep across ages
- eyesight and glasses worldwide
- how antibiotics stop working
- blood donation and blood types
- snakebite and neglected diseases
- hearing loss and noise
- the journey of a medicine from lab to shelf
- dental health by country

## Education

- how long children walk to school
- school meals around the world
- what a school day looks like in different countries
- teachers per student
- languages taught in schools
- exams that decide futures
- libraries and book access
- learning to read: how the brain does it
- school buildings and heat
- adult learning and night school

## Science & Technology

- how a satellite stays up
- what is inside a battery
- the cloud is a building: data centres
- how GPS finds you
- undersea internet cables
- how a microchip is made
- earthquake sensors and warnings
- how weather forecasts are made
- the periodic table in your kitchen
- light pollution and the night sky

## Environment & Sustainability

- the life of a cotton T-shirt
- where e-waste goes
- bees and pollination
- soil: the living layer
- sand: the resource we run out of
- glaciers that feed rivers
- city trees and shade
- repair cafés and fixing things
- the carbon in a cup of coffee
- fishing fleets and fish stocks

## Government & Public Information

- how a law is made
- how votes are counted
- what taxes pay for
- how a census counts people
- emergency numbers worldwide
- how passports work
- public holidays across countries
- how a city collects rubbish
- road rules that differ by country
- how a budget is shared out

## Marketing & Social Media

- how an advert reaches you
- the life of a viral post
- colours brands choose and why
- how product reviews shape buying
- attention: how long we look
- influencer jobs and pay
- how a logo is designed
- the funnel from seeing to buying
- fake reviews and how to spot them
- what a cookie banner collects

## Statistics & Data Visualization

- how a survey picks people
- average versus median
- what a margin of error means
- misleading charts and how to read them
- per person versus total
- how life expectancy is measured
- what an index number is
- correlation is not cause
- how GDP is counted
- rates per 100,000 explained

## Process Flow Diagrams

- from cocoa bean to chocolate bar
- how paper is recycled
- how a letter travels
- from seed to loaf of bread
- how tap water is cleaned
- how a coffee bean is roasted
- how a car is assembled
- how a package is delivered
- how glass is made
- how a song gets to your phone

## Timelines

- the history of the bicycle
- 2,000 years of coins
- the story of the umbrella
- how writing systems spread
- the history of the toothbrush
- a century of women in sport
- the history of maps
- the history of vaccines
- the history of tea trade
- a day in the life of a city, hour by hour

## Organizational Charts

- how a hospital is organised
- how a football club is run
- who does what on a film set
- how a newspaper newsroom works
- how a kitchen brigade works
- how an airline crew is organised
- the United Nations family
- how a school is run
- how a ship's crew works
- who does what in a theatre

## Maps

- where the world's tea grows
- the busiest shipping lanes
- time zones and odd borders
- where languages are spoken
- the longest rivers and who shares them
- bird migration routes
- where the world's salt comes from
- deserts that are growing
- the world's highest cities
- where volcanoes sit

## Comparison Charts

- how much water one item needs
- energy use of home appliances
- one day of food in different countries
- lifespans of animals
- calories burned by activities
- the speed of animals and machines
- sizes of the world's largest structures
- cost of a cup of coffee worldwide
- screen time by age
- how much light different bulbs give

## Product Information

- how to read a food label
- what the symbols on clothing labels mean
- how a phone charger works
- what SPF on sunscreen means
- reading a medicine leaflet
- what the energy label on a fridge means
- how a bicycle helmet protects
- what the numbers on a tyre mean
- how a water filter works
- reading a mobile data plan

## Safety Instructions

- what to do in an earthquake
- kitchen fire safety
- safe heat on very hot days
- first aid for burns
- staying safe in floods
- road safety for children
- electrical safety at home
- safe food storage
- what to do if someone chokes
- staying safe online for families

## Travel & Tourism

- the world's busiest airports
- how a visa works
- night trains across continents
- what tourists spend and where it goes
- UNESCO sites by region
- jet lag and the body clock
- the world's longest bridges
- how a cruise ship works
- travelling with less carbon
- street food capitals

## Food & Nutrition

- where spices come from
- the world's staple grains
- how fermentation works
- salt in everyday food
- the life of a banana
- fruit seasons around the world
- how milk becomes cheese
- breakfast around the world
- sugar in drinks
- the hidden water in food

## Fitness & Wellness

- how muscles grow
- walking: steps and health
- stretching for desk workers
- how the heart responds to exercise
- sleep and recovery
- hydration needs by climate
- breathing and stress
- posture and phone use
- how different sports use energy
- mental health and movement

## Technical Requirements

- what a computer needs to run a game
- how much internet speed tasks need
- how solar panels are sized for a home
- what a phone camera spec means
- how a wheelchair ramp is built to standard
- what makes a password strong
- how a safe staircase is measured
- what a bicycle frame size means
- what a printer resolution means
- what to check before buying a laptop

## Formats

- statistics and data
- process flow
- timeline
- organisation chart
- map
- comparison
- product information
- safety instructions
- technical requirements
- how-to guide

## Lenses

- scale
- comparison
- change over time
- part of a whole
- ranking
- place
- process
- anatomy
- cause and effect
- people
- myth and fact
- what if
- hidden in plain sight

## Scales

- the whole planet
- two countries far apart
- one city
- one everyday object
- one person's day
- one minute

## Times

- today
- change since 1950
- long history
- the next 25 years (projections)

## Regions

- Africa
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Middle East and North Africa
- Europe
- North America
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceania and the Pacific

## Avoid (too common already)

- unpaid care work
- the gender pay gap
- bank accounts and mobile money
- water stress and scarcity
- fresh water is a tiny share of Earth's water
- food waste and food loss
- plastic in the ocean
- solar and wind growth
- urbanisation
- ageing populations
- internet access gaps
- who grows the world's food
- urban heat
- remittances (money sent home)
- women's legal rights indexes
- women's share of paid work over time
- microloans to women