The tool I used to create the graph was Microsoft Excel. I counted by browsing every newspaper page spanning 63 years looking for males with or without facial hair. The years 2020 and 2021 were tricky to count for obvious reasons.
I also tried to make it more colorblind friendly by research and running it through colorblind simulators several times but I understand it won’t come out perfect. If you’re colorblind, please feel free to make criticisms if the graph is still hard to read for you and what improvement I can make.
Isotheis on
I think this could use an example picture for all the types!
opisska on
I really miss a category of “random” or something like that. I never shave, I just cut my facial hair with scissors for a few minutes every month or so. Even when it’s just before cutting you probably won’t call it a “beard”, but just after cutting, you won’t call it “shaven” and I find this the most logical approach 🙂
very_random_user on
This should definitely indicate where the data are from. Worldwide? US?
poo_poo_platter83 on
I am honestly surprised fully shaved is still that high. Also i feel like theres another split between full beard and 5’oclock shadow. I would guess that full beard is a lot lower than we think it is
BurntPoptart on
The rise of the full beard, the fall of the muttonchops, and the consistent unpopularity of the soul patch.
iggyphi on
fullbeard/chinstrap should not be the same category
paxcoder on
Do you have one for baldness to correlate?
sheogorath227 on
Apolo Anton Ohno is probably the only soul patch representation present on this list. Having a landing strip on one’s face is usually not it and he’s one of the few people on the planet who doesn’t look bad with it.
I’m curious as to how far back the fully shaven look goes as the overwhelming majority.
The rise of the five o’clock shadow in the 2010s is interesting to me. It used to be considered an unkempt look but now it’s seen as a way to highlight one’s masculinity in a more casual manner.
JobItchy9815 on
Believe it or not but a big driver of the increase from 2012 was none other than game of thrones.
modest-pixel on
I wish there was a difference between full beard and chinstrap. Chin strap ranks barely above soul patch in cringe.
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List of data sources were:
[https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/](https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/)
[https://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/](https://www.digitalnc.org/newspapers/)
[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=EIN&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN———-](https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=EIN&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN———-)
[https://digitalmaine.com/newspapers/](https://digitalmaine.com/newspapers/)
The tool I used to create the graph was Microsoft Excel. I counted by browsing every newspaper page spanning 63 years looking for males with or without facial hair. The years 2020 and 2021 were tricky to count for obvious reasons.
EDIT: Some edits I from my [last post.](https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1fqa7zw/ocevery_100th_person_in_archived_newspapers_with/) I resized the axes so it would be easier to read and merged/removed some of the facial hair listings. I also recolored the graph so it would be simple and easy to read the data.
I also tried to make it more colorblind friendly by research and running it through colorblind simulators several times but I understand it won’t come out perfect. If you’re colorblind, please feel free to make criticisms if the graph is still hard to read for you and what improvement I can make.
I think this could use an example picture for all the types!
I really miss a category of “random” or something like that. I never shave, I just cut my facial hair with scissors for a few minutes every month or so. Even when it’s just before cutting you probably won’t call it a “beard”, but just after cutting, you won’t call it “shaven” and I find this the most logical approach 🙂
This should definitely indicate where the data are from. Worldwide? US?
I am honestly surprised fully shaved is still that high. Also i feel like theres another split between full beard and 5’oclock shadow. I would guess that full beard is a lot lower than we think it is
The rise of the full beard, the fall of the muttonchops, and the consistent unpopularity of the soul patch.
fullbeard/chinstrap should not be the same category
Do you have one for baldness to correlate?
Apolo Anton Ohno is probably the only soul patch representation present on this list. Having a landing strip on one’s face is usually not it and he’s one of the few people on the planet who doesn’t look bad with it.
I’m curious as to how far back the fully shaven look goes as the overwhelming majority.
The rise of the five o’clock shadow in the 2010s is interesting to me. It used to be considered an unkempt look but now it’s seen as a way to highlight one’s masculinity in a more casual manner.
Believe it or not but a big driver of the increase from 2012 was none other than game of thrones.
I wish there was a difference between full beard and chinstrap. Chin strap ranks barely above soul patch in cringe.