The Four Best FREE Word Cloud Generators of 2025
Ray has done his annual check of the various word cloud generators available and here are his opinions on the best four.
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The five best FREE word cloud generators of 2024
Discover the best free word cloud generators, including our own Word Cloud Plus, for creating visually stunning and insightful text visualizations tailored to your needs.
World Menopause Day: A word cloud to uncover menopause experiences and stories
Discover the fourth secret 'P' in women's health: perimenopause. Learn why it's crucial for education and awareness, featuring insights from the Not Sorry Club and UCL research.
What did people think about the new Barbie film?
Explore the new Barbie movie through 225 Google reviews. Discover key insights on Margot Robbie's performance, Greta Gerwig's direction, and the film's stance on the patriarchy using a detailed word cloud analysis.
Was The Yellow Wallpaper a criticism of male patriarchy? A word cloud supports those who say yes!
Discover the underlying themes in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." Using a word cloud, we visualize the dominance of John, the oppressive husband, and the haunting presence of the yellow wallpaper, highlighting male control and the narrator's descent into madness.
How to use the Summary to Drive your Analysis with Word Cloud Plus
A deeper look at how to use Word Cloud Plus's Summary and the References tab to examine the data behind a word cloud.
What are people talking about in insights and Research? Reviewing 6 Months of MRWeb’s Daily Research News Online
Here is a word cloud analysis of all to topics published by market research news site MRWeb in the first half of 2023.
35,000 words describing how Boris Johnson was a serial misleader
In this post I use a word cloud to summarize the 35,000 word report that found Boris Johnson guilty of deliberately misleading the House of Parliament.
Eight tips for using a word cloud in market research story finding
Word clouds can be a great addition to the way you find stories when working with market research data. In this post, I use the example of an open-ended response to a survey question and highlight eight tips.
How to create a word cloud
A quick start guide to help you create beautiful and powerful word clouds to analyse large collections of text using Word Cloud Plus.
The language balance between risks and benefits of ChatGPT for universities
The BBC had an interesting article today looking at the impacts of ChatGPT for university students, lecturers, and exams. As well as the general content of the article there is an interesting balance of opportunities and challenges.
Summarising the GRIT report with a word cloud
One of the key uses of a Word Cloud is to get a sense of what a report covers and to provide a way of searching for information without simply reading it from the beginning to the end. In this post, I discuss how I used Word Cloud Plus to review the GRIT report.
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Feature update: Multiselect, Flow and Coding
This week's feature update contains three features designed to make using Word Cloud Plus easier and more powerful. Become a beta tester of Flow and Coding.
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How to use a word cloud to find patterns in open-ended comments from surveys
We’ve added lots of new features to Word Cloud Plus recently, including selecting multiple phrases at the same time. This makes Word Cloud Plus even more effective for kick-stating your analysis of text.
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The four best FREE word cloud generators – 2023
In this post, I will highlight four good free word cloud generators, each dealing best with different needs and situations.
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Big feature update: Premium version launched
We are pleased to announce that we have launched the premium version of Word Cloud Plus. Find out what you get with Premium today and what is to come over the next few weeks
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South Africa’s 2023 State of the Union Speech – through the prism of Word Cloud Plus
On Friday, I looked at USA President Biden’s 2023 and 2022 State of the Union speeches through the prism of Word Cloud Plus. On 9th February, the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa gave a state of the nation speech. This post looks at President Ramaphosa’s speech, through the same lens.
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Feature update: A couple of little helpers
This week we have released two new features to make using Word Cloud Plus easier and we give a sneak peak as to what is happening over the coming weeks.
The 2023 USA State of the Union speech contrasted with the 2022 speech, via word clouds
Using Word Cloud Plus, I analysed the differences between the 2022 and 2023 United States State of the Union address made by President Biden.
Which One Word Describes the Likely Impact of AI on the world of Market Research and Insights?
As part of a larger analysis, I looked at the answers given to the open-ended question "Which one word best describes what you think about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the business of insights and research?"
Feature update: Cloud Builder 2.0
We devoted this week to writing a new Cloud Builder that is designed to create prettier clouds and work better on lower-performance computers.
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Feature update: Colours
This week's update is focused on making it easier to pick good colour combinations to make beautiful word clouds
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What is a word cloud, what are they are good for, and what they not good for?
Word clouds have grown in popularity since they first appeared about twenty years ago. In this post, I look at what word clouds are, what they are good for, and I will also discuss what word clouds are not good for.
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, viewed via Word Cloud Plus
In this post Ray Poynter uses Word Cloud Plus to look at Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.