James Eagle used an animated donut chart to show browser share from 1996…
Statistical Visualization
Finding patterns, distributions, and anomalies.
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Browser share over time
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History of heat records in major U.S. cities
Matt Daniels and Russell Goldenberg for The Pudding are tracking heat records in…
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U.S. still the outlier for gun homicide rate
This chart from The New York Times, based on estimates from Our World…
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Children exposed to school shootings
The Washington Post maintains a database of school shootings (which is sad in…
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F1 Racing results plotted as lightning
Joey Cherdarchuk used a lightning metaphor to visualize the outcomes of races from…
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Number of abortions in each state, by restriction status
The Washington Post has a set of charts showing the current status of…
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A test for a potentially flawed study on randomness and age
In 2017, a study posited that human behavior complexity peaks at age 25…
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Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance
With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
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Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay
Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
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More gender-neutral names
Georgios Karamanis plotted the ratio of girls-to-boys over time for all the names…
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Working the triple peak
Microsoft researchers analyzed keystrokes by time of day, for a sample of Microsoft…
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Oscar outfits as public health graphs
The 2022 Oscars came and went, and it was like all anyone could…
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Climate spiral to show temperature change
Say what you will about circular visualization, but the spiral plays. This one…
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Most people think their employers don’t care about their well-being
Based on polls by Gallup, almost half of U.S. employees thought their employers…
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Partisan excess deaths
Excess deaths is the difference between expected deaths based on historical data and…
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Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries
Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…
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Imports to Russia from countries that imposed sanctions and not
For The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam, Youjin Shin and Alyssa Fowers plotted…
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US spending on Ukraine
For NYT’s The Upshot, Bianca Pallaro and Alicia Parlapiano break down the United…
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