# Howtown — 12,100 Years of Population Change

A vertical data-explainer in which a presenter introduces a hexagon cartogram, builds it country by country from UN population estimates, then runs it from 10000 BC to 2100 with a timeline and growth chart, ending on a Patreon call to action.

- Code: EX-0068
- Kind: Explainer
- Format: Kinetic data film
- Brand: Howtown
- Length: 143.0s · 26 beats · 10.9 beats/min · 3 hard cuts
- Industry: Media, Data and analytics, Education
- Style: Data viz, Maps, Captions, Voiceover, Morph transitions, Push-ins, Minimal, Dark UI
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4qkMsPTtsE
- Full breakdown: https://cutmap.co/v/howtown-12-100-years-of-population-change

## The breakdown

The full breakdown has eleven sheets: Snapshot, Opening, Structure, Timeline, Rhythm, Look, Movement, Sound & words, Why it works, Production, Build brief. It is available to Cutmap Pro members at https://cutmap.co/v/howtown-12-100-years-of-population-change.