Nathan Yau

More detailed data release from Census 2020

Data Sources / Census Bureau, demographics

After a lot of angst over the past few years around undercount, representation,…
Procedurally generated fish drawings

Data Art / drawing, fish, Lingdong Huang, procedural

Lingdong Huang’s project fishdraw seems straightforward on the surface. You go to the…
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Seeing Ranges – The Process 152

The Process / range, variation

You’re gonna miss out on all the good stuff if you just stare at the middle.
How countries ranked by Olympic medal counts

Statistical Visualization / Josh Katz, New York Times, Olympics

Ranking countries by medal count change depending on how much value you place…
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How to Use Packed Circles in R

Tutorials / R

Adjust coordinates, geometries, and encodings with packed circles to make various types of charts.
Where America is expanding in developed areas

Maps / development, housing, USGS, Washington Post

Zach Levitt and Jess Eng for The Washington Post mapped newly developed areas…
Visualizing GitHub repos

Statistical Visualization / Amelia Wattenberger, code, GitHub

Most people are familiar with the file-and-folder view. Sort alphabetically, date, or file…
Olympic champions versus past Olympians

Infographics / history, New York Times, Olympics

With the 2020 Olympics wrapped up, The New York Times raced this year’s…
Age range of Olympians

Statistical Visualization / age, Olympics, Washington Post

Bonnie Berkowitz and Artur Galocha go with the strip plot to show the…
Testing the TikTok algorithm

Statistics / algorithm, TikTok, Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal tested out the TikTok algorithm with bots to see…
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Foundational Visualization Skills – The Process 151

The Process / learning, skills

Set a strong base, and build whatever you want after that.
Science behind running fast vs. running far

Infographics / New York Times, Olympics, running

From The New York Times, the combination of video, motion graphics, and charts,…
Visual guide to redistricting

Infographics / gerrymandering, Guardian, redistricting

Gerrymandering continues to be an important thread that I think many people still…
How We Spent Our Time in 2020 Versus 2019

Data Underload / coronavirus, time use

Our everyday routines changed over the past year, and with the 2020 American Time Use Survey, we can see by how much.
Decline of U.S. vaccination rate compared against Europe’s

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, New York Times, vaccination

Elian Peltier and Josh Holder for The New York Times highlight the vaccination…
Comparison of Biden infrastructure plan and updated bipartisan plan

Statistical Visualization / government, infrastructure, New York Times

Aatish Bhatia and Quoctrung Bui for NYT’s The Upshot made the comparison using…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, July 2021 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for July.
Counting Happiness and Where it Comes From

Data Underload / happiness, HappyDB

Researchers asked 10,000 participants to list ten things that recently made them happy. I counted and connected the dots.
An AI chatbot to talk to the dead

Statistics / AI, chatbot, death, fiancee

Joshua Barbeau fed an AI chatbot with old texts from his fiancee who…
How time use changed in 2020

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, New York Times, time use

Ben Casselman and Ella Koeze for The New York Times compared time use…

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