#PBI10 Dataviz Contest

[slindsay]

Post updated: 24 June 2025

 

Celebrate 10 years of Power BI with us! 

Power BI is turning 10, and we’re marking the occasion with a special community challenge: the #PBI10 Dataviz Contest! Whether you're a seasoned Power BI pro or just getting started, this is your chance to show off your skills, collaborate with others, and be part of the celebration. 

🎥 Watch the recording that introduces the contest and shares tips on how to win!

🗓 Contest Timeline 

• Start Date: Tuesday, June 24

• Submission Deadline: Tuesday, July 16  

• Winner Announced: Wednesday, July 24 (Power BI’s official birthday!) 

This time, it’s one round, one dataset, one shot to impress. Simple, fun, and open to all. 

🆕 What’s New? 

If you’ve participated in past contests, you’ll note that we have a couple of new features! If it’s your first Fabric Community dataviz contest – welcome! 

• Beginner Category: New to Power BI? We’ve got a special category just for you!

• Collaboration Encouraged: Team up with friends, colleagues, or community members. Co-create and co-win! 

📊 The Challenge

The theme of this challenge is 10 years of change! You're welcome to use the semantic model or data provided, add to the data, or use your own data all together!

The dataset and a starter file we have for you is sourced from Our World in Data and focuses on 10 years of change in technology. Your task is to build a compelling, insightful, and accessible Power BI report. Use your creativity to tell a story, uncover trends, or highlight something unexpected. 

🌏 The Dataset and Semantic Model

You are welcome to use this source data, our pre-built semantic model, or, source your own data. The data we've sourced for this project comes from Our World in Data and is described in detail over on GitHub.

🧠 Judging Criteria 

Submissions will be scored out of 35 points: 

• Insightfulness (10 points)
  • Clarity & relevance of insights  

• Visual Effectiveness (10 points) 
  • Simplicity, use of color/text, appropriate visuals  

• Accessibility (10 points) 
  • Tab order, alt text, color contrast  
• Creativity (5 points) 
  • Creative use of visuals and WOW factor! 

 

🏆 Prizes & Recognition 

• Winners will score Fabric swag and will be featured on the Power BI Community site  

• Judges favorites will gain global visibility 

• Bragging rights as the #PBI10 Dataviz Champion are at stake!
  

📥 How to Enter 

• Join the Fabric Community – Register or Sign In 

• Download the Dataset – https://aka.ms/pbi10/dataviz/gh

• Build Your Report – Use Power BI Desktop or Publish to Web  
• Submit Your Entry in the Contest Gallery
  

[Rufyda]

Let’s celebrate a decade of insights, impact, and innovation with Power BI🎊🎊

[technolog]

What an exciting way to celebrate 10 years of Power BI! 🎉

[SamsonTruong]

Awesome challenge, can't wait to see what the community puts together! 🎉

[elaine_dunwoody]

Will you let us know our score after the competition (either publicly or by private message)?

[Jennifer7711]

Excited for this upcoming competition!  🎉

[syazwansharani]

I can't believe Power BI has been around for 10 years!! Look forward to participating.

[slindsay]

@elaine_dunwoody - we don't have the bandwidth to share scores with everyone, but you're welcome to reach out to me for feedback. We can also start a feedback forum/thread if that's something you're interested in!

[IgorOliveira31]

otima maneira de comemerar os 10 anos!!!! tomara que eu ganhe heheheh

[ppandya19]

Super Exciting!! #PB10
I believe the semantic model does not have population details @slindsay Is there going to be an update or we'd need to download ourselves and update the semantic model? 

[Colton10]

Hello @slindsay, the queries in the pbix file are referencing these two csv files, but they do not seem to be linked on the GitHub page or on the "Data Source" page of the pbix file.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-internet-users
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/technology-adoption-by-households-in-the-united-states

[slindsay]

@ppandya19 and @Colton10 - thank you for noticing this! I've updated both the GitHub page and the .pbix file. I really appreciate your attention to detail - thank you for calling this out!

[ppandya19]

Hi @slindsay  thanks for the quick response. However, I still see the same details. Has the PBIX been updated? Also the read me mentions that there is income group in countries table but the model doesn't have it. Thanks

[Ruby_Simon]

Thank you for this contest!

[edchuy]

I'm excited to hear about the contest and can't wait to work on it! It helps to have more time to work on it this time. I look forward forward to seeing the other entries as well.