News Feeds — Sentiment Timeline

Time-series chart of average article sentiment over recent days for a region. Highlights mood swings and tone shifts.

Template details

  • sentiment
  • timeseries
  • news
  • nlp
  • chartjs

When to use this template

This visualization helps identify temporal patterns, shifts, and anomalies in a continuous metric, revealing how a particular attribute evolves over time. Analysts use it to track the overall 'mood' or intensity of a phenomenon, such as public opinion or market sentiment, and correlate these changes with specific events or periods.

  • Time-series data with a clear chronological order.
  • Numerical metric representing a continuous score or intensity.
  • Aggregated data, often averages, per consistent time interval.
  • Regular, consistent time intervals (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly).
  • Data where the primary insight is temporal trend or change.
  • Single or few distinct categorical dimensions for comparison.

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