What are word Clouds?

Word Clouds are used for visual representation of a text document. They are very popular because they help us easily spot the most frequently occurring words. The more frequent the word is used, the larger and bolder it is displayed.

Here are two examples of a word cloud, one of the BJP Manifesto and the other of the Congress Manifesto 2014. Let’s analyze them…

Why use word clouds?

1. They are easy to understand: Word clouds are more visually appealing than tables of data and hence easier to understand. 2. Easy to Share!

Word Cloud of PM Modi’s Speech at the United Nations

wordcloud (modi_data, scale=c(5,0.5), max.words=60, random.order=FALSE, rot.per=0.35, use.r.layout=FALSE, colors=brewer.pal(8,"Dark2"))

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