Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Colors of Bob Ross explored

Connor Rothschild charted all the colors Bob Ross used in The Joy of…

Hospitalization rates for the unvaccinated

Overall, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are down in the United States, but much…

How perception can save lives

Visualization and perception researcher Lace Padilla was on the kid-centric show Mission Unstoppale…

Most common professional marriages

Susie Neilson for the San Francisco Chronicle compared the marriage of professions in…

Historical shifts in where people live

The places in the United States with the highest populations weren’t always like…

Rankings for YouTube video greetings

If you’ve watched even just a few videos on YouTube, you probably noticed…

Varying demographics within the Asian American population

We often hear about the Asian American community as one big group of…

See if you live in a political bubble

Gus Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos, and Jacob Brown for NYT Opinion use neighborhood-level…

Stephen Curry’s record-setting month for shooting threes

Steph Curry has been on a tear as of late. In April he…

Seat apportionment over time

The 2020 Census count at the state level is set for release this…

Where people moved during the pandemic

In another look at migration through the lens of USPS change of address…

Trending hobbies during the pandemic

This past year has seen a rising interest in long-lost hobbies due to…

Pandemic migrations

With the restrictions of the pandemic, you might expect an unusually big wave…

Voting and vaccination rate

Danielle Ivory, Lauren Leatherby and Robert Gebeloff for The New York looked at…

Tracking airfare as a proxy for summer travel plans

Quoctrung Bui and Sarah Kliff for NYT’s The Upshot used difference charts to…

Domestic terrorism incidents plotted over time

The Washington Post (paywall) shows the recent rise in domestic terrorism incidents in…

Collecting reports of anti-Asian hate crimes

The New York Times collected, categorized, and linked to reports of anti-Asian hate…

GDP and vaccination rates

For The New York Times, Keith Collins and Josh Holder look at the…