Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Paying for Elizabeth Warren’s proposed policies

Elizabeth Warren has big plans, and they would cost a lot with a…

Scale of space browser

I always enjoy me some scale of space graphics. Neal Agarwal made an…

Visualizing the Friends sitcom

Marion Rouayroux, a graphic designer and a big fan of the show Friends,…

Diverging line plot as the perfect comic

This is perfect. Willikin Wolf made characters out of two dots moving along…

School diversity visualized with moving bubbles

The Washington Post visualized 13,000 school districts to show the change in diversity…

Stacking Apple apps in the App Store

For The New York Times, Jack Nicas and Keith Collins stack up app…

A sim to show self-driving car challenges

On the surface, driving a car might seem fairly straightforward. Follow the rules…

All of the plastic bottles purchased in a day, Eiffel Tower for scale

Millions of plastic bottles are purchased every day around the world. What does…

History of slavery in America

USA Today looks at some of the numbers on 17th century slavery in…

How much warmer your city will get

BBC News asks a straightforward question: How much warmer is your city? Enter…

Democratic candidates who Iowa fairgoers could name

In a “radically unscientific survey” Kevin Uhrmacher and Kevin Schaul for The Washington…

Measuring pop music’s falsetto usage

Vox and Matt Daniels delved into falsetto in pop music over the years.…

Predicting whether you are Democrat or Republican

The New York Times is in a quizzy mood lately. Must be all…

Everyday charts book

Add a book to the humorous-charts-documenting-the-everyday genre. Am I Overthinking This? by Michelle…

Light from the center of the galaxy

This animated interactive explains how a research group is using light to measure…

Natural selection simulation

Using blobbies with varying traits such as size, speed, and food gathering ability,…

Peak accommodation type at national parks

When staying at national parks, some people choose a tent. Some bring an…

Isotype, a picture language

Jason Forrest delves into the history of a single Isotype and a bit…