Nathan Yau

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Make the Chart: Scaled Squares with Color Bands

Make the Chart / Illustrator, R

Areas represent total counts and the colors indicate categories. Together, the symbols show the distributions in a population.
Drug overdose deaths seen in a generation

Statistical Visualization / Baltimore Banner, Big Local News, drugs, generations, overdose, Upshot

For NYT’s the Upshot, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, and Nick Thieme report on…
January 6 defendants, a breakdown

Infographics / conviction, riots, Washington Post

1,580 people were charged with federal crimes for the riot at the U.S.…
Tracking the effects of Congestion Pricing in New York

Statistical Visualization / congestion, New York, tolls, traffic

In an effort to reduce traffic, New York launched a program that charges…
Where and when to travel

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, prices, travel

Bloomberg put together a list of places to visit in 2025. Most of…
Star Wars galaxy map

Maps / fiction, Star Wars

I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this Star Wars map, but I…
Convergence to sameness in the algorithm

Statistics / algorithm, creation, New York Times

As my father-in-law’s Facebook feed would suggest, the “algorithm” has a way of…
2024.

Site News / annual review

I haven’t reviewed a year on FlowingData since 2020, which seems like a…
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2024

Visualization / best-of

Many datasets were analyzed and many charts were made this year. These are my favorite data visualization projects from 2024.
Seeing the single largest tree in the forest of 400 billion

Statistics / CTrees, Fabien Wagner, rainforest, tree

Fabien Wagner works with CTrees in an effort to map tree canopy height…
Home insurance companies dropping customers

Maps / climate, insurance, New York Times

Because of a warming planet with more wildfires and hurricanes, it’s growing more…
Year of tornadoes

Maps / New York Times, tornado

For the New York Times, Marco Hernandez visualized all the tornadoes in 2024,…
More time on the plane, but more flights arriving early

Statistics / airlines, schedule, Upshot

By just about every metric, flights are slower now than they were 30…
When cities last saw snow on Christmas

Maps / Bloomberg, Christmas, climate, snow

Christmas is coming. For some, that means snow on the ground, but as…
Data Advent Calendar

Data Art / Advent, embroidery, Jordan Cunliffe

Jordan Cunliffe uses embroidery to explore and visualize data. This year, headed towards…
Counting the Christmas days with snow

Maps / Christmas, snow, Washington Post, weather

This is a fun one by Dylan Moriarty for the Washington Post. Punch…
Map of walkable neighborhoods

Maps / city, local, walking

Researchers at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Rome estimated the time it takes…
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Visualization Tools and Resources, December 2024 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for the month: things to use, things to poke at, and things to learn from.
Probability does not exist

Statistics / David Spiegelhalter, probability, uncertainty

Probability itself is an expression of uncertainty, but the calculations behind the percentages…
Elon Musk’s posting (and sleep) schedule

Statistical Visualization / Economist, Elon Musk, Twitter

Not to dwell on Musk, but I was reminded of this dot plot…

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