Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance

With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…

Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay

Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…

More gender-neutral names

Georgios Karamanis plotted the ratio of girls-to-boys over time for all the names…

Working the triple peak

Microsoft researchers analyzed keystrokes by time of day, for a sample of Microsoft…

Oscar outfits as public health graphs

The 2022 Oscars came and went, and it was like all anyone could…

Climate spiral to show temperature change

Say what you will about circular visualization, but the spiral plays. This one…

Most people think their employers don’t care about their well-being

Based on polls by Gallup, almost half of U.S. employees thought their employers…

Partisan excess deaths

Excess deaths is the difference between expected deaths based on historical data and…

Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries

Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…

Imports to Russia from countries that imposed sanctions and not

For The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam, Youjin Shin and Alyssa Fowers plotted…

US spending on Ukraine

For NYT’s The Upshot, Bianca Pallaro and Alicia Parlapiano break down the United…

Your place in the world population

Population.io by World Data Lab asks your birthday, country of residence, and gender.…

NameGrapher to explore past baby name trends

NameGrapher is an interactive chart that lets you explore historical trends for baby…

Wordle analysis through the lens of 15m tweets

I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but there’s this game called…

Reducing the risk of nuclear war

For Our World in Data, Max Roser discusses the risk and possible destruction…

Stat-driven view on how American conservatives shifted against vaccine

As we know by now, conservatives in the U.S. are more commonly against…

Fashion industry’s environmental impact

For Bloomberg, Rachael Dottle and Jackie Gu look at the current state of…

Distribution of snowfall estimates to show uncertainty

For NYT’s The Upshot, Aatish Bhatia, Josh Katz and Margot Sanger-Katz show the…