Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

What $1 trillion buys

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire with the SpaceX initial public offering…

Apocalypse warning system, based on fleeing private jets

The Apocalypse Early Warning System by Kyle McDonald was built on the premise…

Solar passes coal for US electricity

Another recent flip: Based on estimates from Ember, monthly solar-generated electricity reached an…

Flip in win probability for Knicks vs. Spurs

Speaking of when data flips, last night in game four of the 2026…

Elon Musk’s promise achievement rate over the years

The New York Times counted Elon Musk’s promises on X/Twitter and Tesla earnings…

Heat stress in the World Cup

It’s going to be hot in North America as the World Cup 2026…

Overlap of endangered whale calls with sonic blasts

Companies use seismic airguns in the Gulf of Mexico to find oil and…

Melting glaciers in the Alps

For Bloomberg, Laura Millan, Kyle Kim, and Armand Emamdjomeh mapped the projected extent…

What LLM speed looks like when generating output

LLM speed is commonly expressed as tokens per second, which is kind of…

Comparing SpaceX IPO against past offerings

For Bloomberg, Demetrios Pogkas, Jennah Haque, and Kiel Porter show the projected scale…

Arguing for the billionaire wealth tax

For NYT Opinion, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman make a case for a…

Ebola outbreak trajectories

For NBC News, Jane Weaver, Jiachuan Wu, and Javier Zarracina report on the…

K-Pop growth before the global phenomenon

For the Pudding, Minji Kim and Eunice Lee wrote about the growth of…

Population in Japan continues decline

Japan has been aging and having fewer children, which led to a decline…

U.S. names with the oldest population

Erin Davis calculated the average age of people with a given name to…

Voters shifting away from the two-party system

U.S. voters have historically stuck with two political parties, but that’s changing in…

More difficult for recent graduates to find jobs

For the Washington Post, Federica Cocco and Taylor Telford report on the increasing…

Sports gambling ads everywhere

For the Washington Post, Jeremy B. Merrill, Jonathan O’Connell, and Luke Connors built…