Heatmap
Content Performance Grid
Blog post metrics by category and month
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
np.random.seed(42)
# Categories and months
categories = ['Tech', 'Business', 'Lifestyle', 'Health', 'Finance', 'Travel']
months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun']
# Pageviews (thousands)
views = np.random.randint(10, 50, (len(categories), len(months)))
# Add trends
views[0, :] = [15, 22, 35, 45, 52, 68] # Tech growing
views[5, :] = [45, 38, 25, 18, 22, 35] # Travel seasonal
df = pd.DataFrame(views, index=categories, columns=months)
# NEON amber colormap
neon_amber = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('neon_amber', ['#ffffff', '#F5D327', '#F5B027', '#F54927'])
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 6), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
sns.heatmap(df, cmap=neon_amber, annot=True, fmt='d', linewidths=2, linecolor='#ffffff',
annot_kws={'size': 12, 'fontweight': 'bold'},
cbar_kws={'shrink': 0.8, 'label': 'Pageviews (K)'}, ax=ax)
ax.set_title('Content Performance by Category', color='#1f2937', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold', pad=15)
ax.set_xlabel('Month', color='#1f2937', fontsize=11)
ax.set_ylabel('Category', color='#1f2937', fontsize=11)
ax.tick_params(colors='#374151', labelsize=11)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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