Nathan Yau

Gridded snowfall data

Data Sources / National Weather Service, snow, weather

The National Weather Service has current and historical snowfall data in various file…
Trump family crypto accumulation

Infographics / Bloomberg, cryptocurrency, ethics, wealth

In 2023, most of the family’s wealth, about 79% of it, was tied…
Big pile of money

Infographics / cryptocurrency, government, New York Times, scale, wealth

From the New York Times editorial board, an animated big pile of money:…
Awful and better, Venn diagram

Infographics / Our World in Data, world

We focus on the bad, because that’s where it can and will get…
Pentagon Pizza dashboard to track activities

Statistical Visualization / dashboard, Pizza Meter Theory

There is a dashboard for pizza places around the Pentagon.
The Pentagon Pizza…
Mapping 200-mile formation of Chinese fishing boats

Maps / boat, China, fishing, military, New York Times

For the New York Times, Chris Buckley, Agnes Chang, and Amy Chang Chien…
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Visualization audience types

The Process / audience

If you know who you’re talking to, you can design based on what they know, what they’re looking for, and what you want to show.
Word mentions in quarterly earnings calls

Infographics / business, calls, economy, Washington Post

The Washington Post used word usage in earnings calls to gauge how companies…
How much temperatures increased where you live

Statistical Visualization / climate change, global warming, New York Times

He hear global warming and it seems like a monolithic thing that is…
Yeah, still getting hotter

Statistical Visualization / climate change, Economist, global warming

You probably don’t need me to tell you this, but recent data suggests…
Justice Department says DOGE might have used Social Security data for political purposes

Data Sharing / DOGE, Politico, privacy, Social Security Administration

With a surprise to nobody, Kyle Cheney for Politico:
Two members of Elon…
Americans are paying for tariffs

Statistics / economy, tariff, Wall Street Journal

For the Wall Street Journal, Tom Fairless reports on research from the Kiel…
Timelines for people references in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

Data Underload / Billy Joel, song

In his song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, Billy Joel references 57 people. Three of them are still alive.
Falling vaccination rates in schools

Maps / school, vaccination, Washington Post

In some counties, vaccination rates increased after the pandemic, which got them past…
Bandcamp bans generative AI music

Artificial Intelligence / Bandcamp, human, music

From Bandcamp:
Bandcamp’s mission is to help spread the healing power of music…
Federal agents in Minnesota could outnumber total Twin Cities police

Infographics / government, Minnesota Star Tribune, police

For the Minnesota Star Tribune, Jeff Hargarten and Jake Steinberg report on the…
Names most likely to appear in the middle

Statistics / Erin Davis, middle, names

What is the most middle name in the United States? Erin Davis grew…
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Remake the chart, from reference to interesting bits

The Process / highlight, remake

Today, we rework a chart to focus on the useful bits.
Flight patterns when an exploding SpaceX Starship fills the sky with garbage

Maps / explosion, ProPublica, SpaceX

A SpaceX rocket explosion elicits images of spectacle and maybe thoughts of a…
Losing American data

Data Sharing / Bloomberg, government, takedown

For Bloomberg, Molly Smith reports on the state of government data:
But Trump…

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