how to increase white space at top of panel when using geom_density_ridges()

Question

When I make a plot using geom_density_ridges() the top most plot touches the top of the panel. How do I create a little white space there for aesthetic purposes?

library(ggplot2)
library(ggridges)

ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species)) + 
   geom_density_ridges()

Answer 1

This could be achieved by increasing the expansion of the y scale via the expand argument of scale_y_discrete:

library(ggplot2)
library(ggridges)

ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species)) + 
  geom_density_ridges() +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = expansion(add = c(.3, 1.4)))
#> Picking joint bandwidth of 0.181