Nathan Yau

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Outside the bubbles

The Process / behind the scenes, social media

This week, we refresh an old chart with new data, interaction, and improved design.
Poor geometry in deepfake images

Artificial Intelligence / generative, geometry, Science Magazine

Science profiled Hany Farid, a researcher in digital forensics at the University of…
Rising prices at the grocery store

Statistical Visualization / grocery, inflation, war, Washington Post

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published cost estimates for April 2026. If…
Men leaving the workforce

Statistical Visualization / men, Washington Post, work

The percentage of U.S. men in the workforce has been declining for decades,…
Effects of El Niño, a map

Maps / climate change, El Niño, New York Times

Raymond Zhong and Harry Stevens, for the New York Times, go with a…
Getting oil to the gas tank from the Strait of Hormuz

Infographics / illustration, New York Times, oil, Strait of Hormuz

For the New York Times, Agnes Chang and Pablo Robles illustrate the journey…
Occupations with the highest divorce rates

Data Underload / divorce, work

Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates and some lower.
State healthcare sites sending data to tech companies

Data Sharing / Bloomberg, government, privacy

For Bloomberg, Tanaz Meghjani, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Surya Mattu report sharing of private…
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Restraint in the visualization process

The Process / constraints

This week is about constraints.
Visualizing history within a grid

Infographics / grid, Public Domain Review

For the Public Domain Review, Hunter Dukes and Adam Green visit Antoni Jażwiński’s…
Increasing costs in the beef supply chain

Infographics / beef, Bloomberg, cost, inflation, supply

Beef prices keep going up a noticeable amount in grocery stores. For Bloomberg,…
Cartographers review movie maps

Maps / cartography, fiction, movies

John Nelson and Peter Atwood review maps that appeared in movies, such as…
Estimating how much text on the internet is generated

Artificial Intelligence / generative, Internet Archive, text

Researchers analyzed newly published websites from 2022 through mid-2025 to estimate what percentage…
Past job transformations, because of technology

Artificial Intelligence / Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch, technology, work

It seems every day the chances that AI transforms work trends towards certain.…
EVs getting cheaper to go farther

Statistical Visualization / cost, electric vehicle, Francesca Paris, Upshot

The cost of an electrical vehicle used to increase quickly as you shopped…
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Visualization tools and resources, April 2026 roundup

The Process / roundup

Every month I collect tools, datasets, and resources to help you make more useful data things. Here is what happened in April.
Masterclass in misleading charts

Mistaken Data / climate change, Hank Green, misleading

Hank Green dissects a video that argues against climate change. The video in…
Writing style as your digital fingerprint

Artificial Intelligence / chatbot, Megan McArdle, privacy, Washington Post

Apparently, the words we use and how we structure our sentences in writing…
Asia is a lot more excited about AI than the U.S. is

Artificial Intelligence / country, excitement, Rest of World

For Rest of World, Rina Chandran reports on the big difference in excitement:…
Ethics in the way of scale

Artificial Intelligence / ethics, New York Times, Paul Ford

For NYT Opinion, Paul Ford on the challenges for AI companies to build…

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