Projects

Graphics by Nathan Yau, borne out of everyday curiosities, learning experiments, and mild insomnia.

EGOT Winner Timelines

Only 15 people have done it, since you know, it's not really easy to do. Here's how and when they did it.

Brewery Road Trip, Optimized With Genetic Algorithm

Visit the best American breweries of 2018, based on RateBeer rankings, while minimizing travel time and distance.

Map of Best Breweries in America, 2018

RateBeer puts out a list every year for top 100 breweries in the world. Here are the states that cracked the list.

How Many Kids We Have and When We Have Them

Many parents stop at two kids. Most are done by three. Still, everyone has their own timelines. Here are 1,000 of them.

After Marriage, How Long People Wait to Have Kids

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage. Sometimes.

Baby-Making Age

We looked at prime dating age and when people usually marry. Now it's time for the next step in the circle of life.

Goodbye, Mid-Range Shot

There's a space on the basketball court called "mid-range." It's actually not off-limits. In fact, people used to shoot these so-called "mid-range" shots.

Single-Income Occupations

About 18 percent of couple households are single-income. I wanted to know what the earner in these homes usually do.

Peak Non-Creepy Dating Pool

Based on the "half-your-age-plus-seven" rule, the range of people you can date expands with age. Combine that with population counts and demographics, and you can find when your non-creepy dating pool peaks.

Growth of Subreddits

As of September 2018, there were 892 million comments for the year so far, spread out over 355,939 subreddits. Here's how it got to this point, and "what the internet has been talking about" during the past 12 years.

Shifting Causes of Death

The most common causes of death changed over the years. They vary across sex and age group. This animation shows the details of these changes.

One Drink Per Day, Your Chances of Developing an Alcohol-Related Condition

While a drink a day might increase your risk of experiencing an alcohol-related condition, the change is low in absolute numbers.

Cuisine Ingredients

What are the ingredients that make each cuisine? I looked at 40,000 recipes spanning 20 cuisines and 6,714 ingredients to see what makes food taste different.

3-D-Printed Time Series Plates

After seeing a 1950s physical visualization, I wondered if I could follow a similar process using modern techniques.

Most Common Jobs, By State

Instead of looking at only the most common job in each state, I found the top five for a slightly wider view.