Data is ubiquitous — but sometimes it can be hard to see the forest for the trees, as it were. Many companies of various sizes believe they have to collect their own data to see benefits from big data analytics, but it’s simply not true.

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of free data sets available, ready to be used and analyzed by anyone willing to look for them.  Below is a list of 35 of the most globally interesting I’ve come across, but there are many, many more in many different niches.

Source: forbes.com
Author: Bernard Marr