The 22 best chart-heavy Twitter feeds you should follow—right this instant

Now, the idea here wasn’t to include everyone who’s ever sent out an unemployment rate chart on jobs Friday. Nor was it to shine a spotlight on those who already get plenty of attention. Rather it was just to point out those who, day-in and day-out, add to my understanding of what’s going on. And of course, it’s not all-encompassing or even—strictly speaking—final.

Oh, and if you want you can always follow the Twitter list I compiled of ace chartographers. And while you’re at it, follow me too: @MatthewPhillips

Without further ado, here it is.

@HyunSongShin — This head of research at the normally staid Bank for International Settlements in Basel, posts telling nuggets from BIS research, which deals with global finance and flows of capital.

@NickTimiraos — A national economics correspondent for Wall Street Journal, Timiraos has broadened out what used to a single-minded attention to residential real estate. He’s often Quick-Draw McGraw with the latest datapoint.

@FactTank — A firehose of charts collected by writers and thinkers at the Pew Research Center. Lighter on markets and economics, and heavier on US politics and public opinion.

@RobertAlanWard  — Editorial director of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Ward keeps a close eye on monthly macroeconomic agenda. Charts are nicely formatted in the Economist’s distinctive livery.

@ReutersCulp — A graphics editor with Thomson Reuters, Culp covers a range of macroeconomics and markets. He has a nice way of packaging charts together so that they work, even in Twitter.

@Callum_Thomas — A great consumer, and eager retweeter of other people’s charts.

@BBGVisualData — A surprisingly under-followed feed from a graphics group at the Bloomberg mothership. Good stuff, but they tend to repeat their tweets a bit too much.

@ReutersJamie — A nice smattering of insightful charts from around the financial markets, but with a focus on Europe and Latin America from this Reuters market correspondent.

@ukarlewitz — A close observer of equity markets, who is able to shift gears to macroeconomic data. Often posts longish time series that help make sense of things.

@valuewalk  — A promiscuous promoter of good charts sourced from press accounts, analysts reports and the venerable Bloomberg terminal. Investment heavy.

@Dealogic — Updates from on capital raises and M&A, along with neatly packaged charts.

@boes_ — Dispatches from a Bloomberger ensnared in the deep weeds of the interest-rate world. Catnip for Fed geeks.

@Schuldensuehner — A debt-obsessed central bank watcher at Germany’s Die Welt. Plenty here for close followers of the ECB and FX markets.

@RBS_Economics — The house view from the British bank, with a special focus on UK economics.

@JedKolko — Insights on the US housing market from the VP of analytics and chief economist at the online real-estate marketplace Trulia.

@csresearch — Snapshots on the state of Credit Suisse’s views on markets and economies.

@WSJGraphics — Authoritative charts and maps from the WSJ.

@o_merk — Mostly maps tracing trade routes and other developments in supply chains and shipping.

@TomOrlik — Intense attention paid to Chinese economic indicators and the financial markets that love them, from a China-based Bloomberger.

@deaniemhj — Updates on emerging markets and eastern Europe.

@SMerler — Concise explainers, primarily about the dismal data emanating from the euro zone.

@IanTalley — The Journal’s man covering the IMF digs into the depths of their data, and comes out with some interesting charts.