Nathan Yau

Earth-orbiting satellites, all of them

Statistical Visualization / Quartz, satellites, space

David Yanofsky and Tim Fernholz for Quartz visualized the satellites orbiting Earth. There’s…
You, Me and My Computer

Data Art / Lauren McCarthy, lunch talk

This talk that Lauren McCarthy gave at Eyeo is good. McCarthy, an artist…
Casual visualization books for the coffee table

Visualization / books, casual

Since my son was born, it’s been a challenge to focus on a…
A collection of small datasets

Data Sources

Sometimes you need data, any data, to test or mess around with. Sometimes…
This is big data.

Miscellaneous / big data, humor

A one-off tumblr that catalogs stock images that depict the tumultuous, rising sea…
Wireless networks translated to sound

Data Art / invisible, WiFi

Wi-fi is embedded in our everyday lives so much that we don’t pay…
Relationship Status Geography

Data Underload / choropleth, marriage

Some places attract young singles, whereas others attract married couples and families. I was curious how this varied across the country, so I mapped it.
Unclaimed remains

Data Sources / death, Los Angeles Times, mortuary

People die, and for various reasons many bodies go unclaimed. In Los Angeles…
Berlin wall of lighted balloons

Data Art / Berlin Wall, installation, remembering

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lightgrenze, translated…
Jeopardy! clues data

Data Sources / Jeopardy

Here’s some weekend project data for you. Reddit user trexmatt dumped a dataset…
Ballet dance traces

Data Art / Arduino, ballet

Electronic Traces, by Lesia Trubat, tracks ballet movements and allows dancers to see…
Touchdown passing record

Statistical Visualization / football, New York Times, time series, Upshot

Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, passed up Brett Favre’s career record…
Senate results maps →

Maps / elections, New York Times, Upshot

The New York Times pushed out super-detailed, precinct-level maps for the Senate election.…
Chart of Cousins

Data Underload / ancestry, family

For every family get-together I go to, it seems there are more kids running around. I know that they are related to me somehow, but what do I call them? Maybe this chart will help next time.
Basketball shot

Infographics / basketball, Washington Post

Todd Lindeman and Lazaro Gamio for the Washington Post explored shooting patterns for…
Most cited research papers →

Infographics / nature, research, scale

In the department of comparing large numbers to objects and situations that are…
Relative size of astronomy stuff

Infographics / astronomy, scale

Look! More size of very big things with large numbers, compared against things…
Prostitution, GDP, and £1.7 billion due

Statistics / David Spiegelhalter, prostitution, taxes, uncertainty

David Spiegelhalter, professor of public understanding of risk, does some back-of-the-napkin math to…
Decline of women in computer science

Statistical Visualization / computer science, gender, NPR

NPR spent some time on the subject of the decline of women in…
Chess piece survival rates

Statistical Visualization / chess, survival rate

On Quora, someone asked, “What are the chances of survival of individual chess…

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