{"id":40720,"date":"2026-04-30T10:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/where-do-you-look-for-reliable-datasets-that-arent-behind-paywalls\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:27:04","slug":"where-do-you-look-for-reliable-datasets-that-arent-behind-paywalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/where-do-you-look-for-reliable-datasets-that-arent-behind-paywalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do You Look For Reliable Datasets That Aren\u2019t Behind Paywalls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>finding datasets isn\u2019t that hard, but finding ones that are actually reliable, well-documented, and usable (without a paywall) is a different story.<\/p>\n<p>obviously there\u2019s government portals, World Bank etc but even their pretty hit or miss depending on data structure and maintainance<\/p>\n<p>where do you consistently go when you need solid datasets?not just a big list of datasets but sources you actually trust for things like documentation, clear definitions \/ methodology, reasonably up-to-date data something you\u2019d feel comfortable citing or building on?<\/p>\n<p>Please drop links to if you can, always looking to build a better mental list of go-to sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Rude_Context_4844\"> \/u\/Rude_Context_4844 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1szpks1\/where_do_you_look_for_reliable_datasets_that\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span>   <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1szpks1\/where_do_you_look_for_reliable_datasets_that\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-40720 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='40720' data-nonce='65e0e39b87' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-40720 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-40720 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>finding datasets isn\u2019t that hard, but finding ones that are actually reliable, well-documented, and usable (without a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datatards","wpcat-85-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}