Nathan Yau

R turned 20 last week. The first public release of R was on…

Andrew Wang-Hoyer built over 200 animations on and off over two years. They…

With Super Tuesday on the way, there’s still a lot of uncertainty for…

For each month in her child’s first year, Amanda Makulec took a picture…

For many, Gmail automatically categorizes incoming emails to the primary inbox, promotions, and…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made this graphic to show what…

Every month I collect useful tools and resources for visualization. Here’s the good stuff for February 2020.

From reddit user shoru_lannister, here is a pie chart of their living room…

While working on maps inspired by USGS maps from the 1800s, Sarah Bell…

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We can download data as a single snapshot…

xkcd crossed a rough age distribution of people becoming grandparents with people named…

With an animated side-by-side map, The New York Times shows canceled flights in…

The Map of Mathematics from Quanta Magazine explains key concepts with animated visualizations:…

While we’re on the topic of Mike Bloomberg’s money, here’s another view from…

Welcome to a new segment where I try to put myself in the shoes of someone who made a bad chart and try to make it better.

Mike Bloomberg’s ad spending might not be that much relative to his own…

Geographer Tim Wallace likes to look at old maps, and is particularly fond…

Adobe Illustrator has charting functions that can be useful if you’re on a…

This graphic from WakeMed shows the areas most often missed while washing hands.…

Botnet is a social media app where you’re the only human among a…