Nathan Yau

Foursquare, the location-based social network, lets people share their location with others in…

Using data from a recent Gallup report showing a correlation between wealth and…

There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide…

I asked this same question a couple of years back. I wonder: has…

Physicist Kristian Cvecek hangs out in the forest sometimes to take these beautiful…

If you’ve ever created an interactive graphic or anything else that requires that…

You can get pretty far with data graphics with just limited statistical knowledge,…

Flowchart Friday, anyone? This one describes the process to solve all of your…

A couple of months back, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show asked listeners who…

I trust we’ve all seen the OldSpice YouTube campaign by now? This graphic…

The tennis US Open is in full swing, and since you’re at work,…

A big thank you to FlowingData sponsors for their support. They help me…

Last month we saw sorting algorithms visualized in rainbow technicolor. Now, by Rudy…

It’s been a hectic month. With one month left until my thesis defense,…

Auger Loizeau, in collaboration with Reyer Zwiggelaar and Bashar Al-Rjoub, describe their smart-home…

Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is…

This animation by Scott Manley of the Armagh Observatory shows a beautiful view…

Do you know who owns the Arctic? As it turns out, it’s a…

Nmap visualizes site popularity as scaled icons. Favicons, that is. They’re that little…