Typically used to show trends over time, the slope of the line between two points shows patterns of change.
If a chart is seen by enough people, someone will call it misleading. There are no exceptions.
More lines can mean more patterns, more cycles, and more context.
Use color to reinforce or add another layer of meaning to a regular line chart.
Also known as trellis charts, lattice chart, or whatever you want to call them, the technique lets you compare several categories in one view.
Put multiple time series lines on the same plot, and you quickly end up with a mess. Here are practical ways to clean it up.
Show current evolution against expected historical variability and add one or more series that could account for the difference.
Find out when it's your time for the glasses and hearing aid. Time is undefeated.
Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…
This chart by Eric Wallerstein for the Wall Street Journal shows expectations against…
The status of seven figures is maybe not as rare as it seems.
A lot of Christmas lights went up this past week. I hope you…
Using GPS data processed by Replica, Lydia DePillis, Emma Goldberg, and Ella Koeze,…
When looking into getting a pet, it’s important to consider life expectancy. You probably don’t want to accidentally sign up for a twenty-year commitment with an impulse adoption at the pet store.
Use this chart to see how many times over you'll pay over the original loan amount, given the annual rate and the number of years of paying.
In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…
Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, so gross to watch but impossible to…
Baseball games grew longer over the decades, with the average length well over…
Based on the United Nations’ world population report, it is estimated that India’s…
For FiveThirtyEight, Geoffrey Skelley digs into the ongoing trend: What’s behind these increasingly…
This clever chart by Lazaro Gamio shows changing interest rates set by the…
People are waiting longer to have kids or not having kids at all, which leads to more dual income households with no kids.
For The Washington Post, Harry Stevens used the line chart equivalent of a…
