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New Scoring Algorithms

We've been busy at Word Cloud Plus and delivered two updates to our scoring algorithms. Our default algorithm, Combination Counting has been upgraded to improve grouping of long phrases and score reallocation. What does that mean? Using one of our old favourite datasets of 1000 reviews of Disneyland Hong Kong. Combination Counting (new generation) Combination Counting (classic) Getting more from the Data Our new scoring algorithm already does a better job of pulling out longer phrases lik

Will Poynter

3 mins read

Word cloud of the UK government's 2026 visitor levy consultation response, dominated by the phrases 'strategic authorities', 'visitor levy' and 'accommodation providers'
Word cloudsOpen dataGovernment

A tourist tax with barely a tourist in it

The government's response to the overnight visitor levy consultation runs to 10,000 words. “Strategic authorities” appears 60 times. “Tourists” appears none.

The Stopwords

4 mins read

Word cloud of the Apollo 11 descent and landing air-to-ground transcript
Word CloudSpaceText Analysis

The Eagle has landed — once

Two slices of the Apollo 11 air-to-ground transcript, one word cloud each. The most famous sentence in the whole corpus appears exactly one time — which tells you something useful about word clouds.

The Stopwords

4 mins read

A single white cloud in a clear blue sky.

The Six Best FREE Word Cloud Generators of 2026

Each year I review the word cloud generators available and pick out the best of the free options. As ever, there is no single "best" word cloud generator, because different people and different situations have different needs. And, as ever, "free" means different things: some tools are completely free, while others offer a free version alongside a paid premium option. The big change since last year's review is the arrival of new contenders. Design platforms and live-polling tools have moved int

Will Poynter

4 mins read

Premium Export Launched

You asked, and we answered. The most common feature we were asked for was the ability to download premium word clouds without taking out a full premium subscription. Many users only have one or two projects they would like to export in a month; therefore, we have added the ability for users to upgrade an individual project to premium. Instead of paying a monthly fee for unlimited premium exports, users are now able to choose to pay for just the word clouds they want to export. If you use Word C

Will Poynter

1 min read

Brightly painted illustration of a blonde woman in a pink dress facing a man in a pink shirt with a blue bow, created with DA
Word Cloud

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.

Ray Poynter

2 mins read

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