How to reorder factors in R (the easy way)

In this video I show you the best way to reorder factors in R.
You can use a simple trick with arrange and mutate or use stats::reorder() function. The forcats::fct_reorder() function makes reordering factors even easier. And if you ever want to reorder factors for multiple categories all at once you should be aware of tidytext::reorder_within() function in combination with facet_wrap().
⏱ Time Stamps ⌚
0:00 - Intro and video overview
0:30 - Reorder trick with arrange and mutate
4:40 - Order factors with stats::reorder
5:40 - Order factors with forcats::fct_reorder
6:45 - Order for multiple variables with tidytext::reorder_within
9:40 - Thank you Outro
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[@forrestoakley4882]

I've just discovered your channel. It is a real treasure. Thank you very much!!!!!

[@TheDataDigest]

Thanks for leaving a comment. I am glad you enjoy the content. It has been a long dream of mine to make TH-cam videos as I like teaching, statistics and R-programming. I wish I could produce more videos but I think the first 2 years have been only the beginning. A lot more to come. I hope you come along on the ride :)

[@forrestoakley4882]

@@TheDataDigest I sure will!

[@maxmiller_inbound]

Same here! Great and really helped me understand this! THX! :)

[@corylowe5557]

Awesome!

[@stevennye5075]

great video, just the right spped.

[@seb5542]

I've been using reorder() in my aes() to reorder a bar graph, and I've come into an issue where it has caused all my bars to appear on the Y axis. It's the only reordering tool that has worked. But I've found this problem to be incredibly annoying, especially since no one has spoken about it. And it doesn't flip any of the other bits of data, just the bars themselves.

[@TheDataDigest]

Hi seb, do you mind sending an example with the code to this email (question[at]thedatadigest[dot]email). I might have experienced something similar myself and can probably help. I found it safer to do the reordering before the plotting.

[@seb5542]

@@TheDataDigest thank you very much, I've sent an email. I really appreciate it. I can't find anything about my issue online.

[@TheDataDigest]

@@seb5542 What a weird little problem. I just answered your email and you simply switched the variables in the reorder function and and then in aes() as well for x and y-values. No biggy :)