Statistical Visualization

Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.

Young and alone

Statistical Visualization / alone, Financial Times, young

John Burn-Murdoch, for Financial Times (paywalled), breaks down data from the American Time…
Where you would feel richer and poorer

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, comparison, income

New to me, Bloomberg has an interactive by Claire Ballentine and Charlie Wells…
Distribution of days that were hotter than average

Statistical Visualization / BBC, climate change, global warming

BBC went with the gradient-filled frequency trails to show the distribution of daily…
Earth was hotter than ever, again

Statistical Visualization / climate change, global warming, New York Times

This is some good step charting by Mira Rojanasakul for the New York…
Social media app preferences of young teenagers

Statistical Visualization / Pew Research, social media

Pew Research published their annual report on what social media U.S. 13- to…
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…
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…
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…
Online reach of Elon Musk on X

Statistical Visualization / Elon Musk, social media, Washington Post, X

As you can imagine, Elon Musk, the owner of X, has a prominent…
More milk, fewer cows

Statistical Visualization / cows, milk, Works in Progress

For Works in Progress, Jared Hutchins explains how milk production increased per cow,…
How mpox virus spreads

Statistical Visualization / mpox, Reuters, virus

For Reuters, Arathy J Aluckal, Jitesh Chowdhury, and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa illustrate how…
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” spreads to earlier months

Statistical Visualization / Christmas, Mariah Carey, NBC News, song

For NBC News, Joe Murphy shows the play rate on Last.fm for Mariah…
Words that do not appear in literature

Statistical Visualization / literature, Martin Wattenberg

Word clouds show key terms or phrases that appear in a body of…
Higher margins with fewer hospital staff, not the best mix

Statistical Visualization / Bloomberg, hospital, medicine

Many hospitals in the United States are for-profit, which itself is not a…
Material requirements from EV batteries

Statistical Visualization / batteries, cost, electric vehicle, Washington Post

To make batteries for electric vehicles, manufacturers require materials from all over the…
Participation in the annual United Nations climate conference

Statistical Visualization / climate change, New York Times, United Nations

For the New York Times, Mira Rojanasakul visualized annual participation in the United…
Evolution of the love song

Statistical Visualization / David Mora, love, Michelle Jia, Pudding, song

For The Pudding, David Mora and Michelle Jia examine the death of the…

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