Here Lie Our Childhood Fears!!!
A graveyard of the monsters we feared as kids, built from 105 answers from the data community. Each grave’s height shows how many kids feared that monster. Eight classic Halloween monsters haunted 40 people as children, and not one of them still fears the same monster today. Survivors: 0. Snakes, war, small spaces and heights refused to stay buried. Meanwhile, grown-up fears like war, money and the future moved in. Childhood monsters die quietly. The grown-up ones move in for good.
Decoding the Unknown - Survey & Fear Analytics (Halloween Contest Entry)
About the Poster: I made this single-page dashboard as an A4 standalone poster. My main goal was to tell a simple story about what scares the data community in childhood versus what scares them today as adults. Key Insights from the Data: - Biggest Current Fear: 'Animals & Insects' is the most common active fear for adults (76 entries). - Hardest Fear to Forget: 'Confined & Physical Spaces' is the most stubborn fear. 33% of people who feared this in childhood still fear it today. - Top Location: Europe is the biggest hotspot, with the most responses in the survey (356 entries). Design Choice: I used a dark theme with neon highlights and an easy-to-read Matrix chart. The design is simple so anyone can understand the full story easily at a glance, without needing to click or hover on anything.
The Fear Files | What Changes, What Lingers?
What keeps us up at night changes over time. The Fear Files compares childhood fears with present-day fears using 105 responses from the Power BI community. Some fears fade: 48 respondents selected a fear in the Unknown & Supernatural category for childhood, compared with 14 for today. Others grow: mentions of war rise from 5 to 19, and uncertainty about the future from 4 to 14. Meanwhile, 45 respondents selected at least one identical fear in both life stages. This single-page A4 landscape report combins data storytelling with Halloween-inspired visuals and animation. All analytical findings come from the supplied survey. The sample is self-selected, so these results describe the respondents, not the wider population. The PBIX file is attached.
Our Fears Grew Up
Among 105 community respondents, dark and supernatural fears fell from 48 childhood selections to 14 today, while performance and future worries rose from 11 to 42. Each strand follows one person between childhood and today. Explore all nine categories and 74 survey options to discover which fears appeared, which faded, and which never quite left.The Nightmares of BI People
What scares us changes as we grow older, but fear never truly disappears. Using responses from 105 members of the data community across 32 countries, I explored how childhood fears evolve into adult concerns, and how many of those fears stay with us throughout life. The result was surprisingly clear: while the monsters, ghosts and creatures of childhood may fade away, the feeling of fear remains. The monsters disappeared. The fear stayed.
The monsters moved out
… and reality moved in. As kids, we were afraid of what might be hiding in the dark. As adults, we worry about what might happen to our lives. I wanted to see how that change shows up in the answers of the 105 people who took part. Three key findings: the dark and the supernatural lost their grip, fears about the future grew, and quite a few people still carry a fear from childhood. What moved in: the fears that grew the most since childhood. Snakes stay: some childhood fears stick around, while others almost everyone grew out of. Movers fear war and breakups: people who moved abroad worry about different things than people who stayed where they grew up.
The Dark Fades. The Future Looms. 🎃
Some fears hide in the dark. Others live in the future. This A4 Power BI poster explores how 105 community respondents described their childhood and adult fears: 👻 Childhood shadows fade: Dark, Unknown & Supernatural fears were selected by 48 people for childhood and 14 for adulthood. 🔮 Future fears emerge: Performance & Future selections rose from 11 people to 42. 💭 Tomorrow feels uncertain: Uncertainty about the future increased from 4 to 14 people, while financial insecurity/poverty increased from 0 to 11. Yet 45 respondents selected at least one identical fear for both stages—some monsters stay with us. A sinister caped pumpkin, an eagle in flight and eerie details frame the story. Select PLAY REVEAL to uncover the poster through the pumpkin-carving experience. Source: Halloween Contest 2026 starter dataset. Counts are respondents, not selections. Multiple choices were allowed; categories overlap. Childhood answers are retrospective. Findings describe this community sample.Welcome to the Data Crypt
Welcome to the Data Crypt: What happens when our childhood monsters grow up? For the Microsoft Fabric Community Halloween Contest, I decided to step into the dark and explore what keeps us up at night. From childhood nightmares of monsters under the bed to adult anxieties like missing deadlines and uncertainty about the future—the data tells a chilling story. "Tales from the Data Crypt" brings these real, self-reported community fears to life: 43% of us still carry a childhood fear into adulthood. Interactive Guessing Game: Think you know how genders compare when carrying childhood monsters? Drag the ghosts to make your guess and reveal the truth! I highly recommend checking out this Spooky "You Draw It" visual. It's a custom .pbiviz. The report author can set the spookiness level to match your own comfort zone 😀. Give it a try! Crafted with custom .pbiviz visuals and custom DAX-generated HTML/CSS visuals, neon glow effects, and interactive elements—all framed within an A4 poster layout. I highly recommend checking out the Spooky "You Draw It" visual. It's a custom .pbiviz. The report author can set the spookiness level to match your own comfort zone 😀. Give it a try! #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DataVisualization #HalloweenContest #DataStorytellingThe Daily Fright by Pierre Bouet
Oyez ! Oyez ! Read all about it! Step right up, good people of the Data Kingdom! A fresh edition of The Daily Fright has just come off the press. The ink is still wet, and it may be slightly haunted. 🎃 For years, dashboards have been serious, grey and lined up with a ruler. They did the job, but they didn’t have much soul. This time I wanted to have fun and try something different : a dashboard you read like a newspaper, with headlines, columns and a few surprises along the way. The numbers are all there, accurate and true to the source. They’re just laid out so you’ll actually want to read them with a cup of coffee, and maaaaybe a fireplace ! So grab your copy, unfold it, and let it surprise you. And before you fold it away, one last headline, the only one that really matters: STOP ALL WARS. The only monsters we should ever meet are the Halloween kind.
