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VikThorior t1_ixylboc wrote

From this answer, I understand that all you really care about is the distribution of WPM among top songs. So you don't need to show length and number of words on the plot. The best plot for this would be a simple histogram. You would be able to see the maximum and the ratio between highest and lowest. You would also be able to put more songs in the plot, using data from other years.

But what about the labels? you could ask. Indeed, with a histogram, the reader wouldn't be able to see which song is where on the plot. But what's greagt is that it's not the point of a plot.

If your goal is to show people the number of WPM for each song, you just show a table with all the values in it. That way, people can sort it in alphabetical order or by WPM value.

If you are interested in outliers, you can still show the name of the songs, because by definition, there are not many outliers, so you will have enough space to write their names.

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