Infographics

Telling stories with data and graphics.

Changing World Cup fans

Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot have a look at sports…

Mosquitos: The deadliest animal

This graphic from the Gates Foundation is from a few months ago, but…

Whaling in Japan explained

After a ruling by the United Nations International Court of Justice, Japan was…

Data trails explainer

We produce data all the time, everywhere we go, and this process implies…

NSA programs with goofy names

Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson for ProPublica made a chart of NSA programs…

What separates here from there

New Scientist quickly covers three theories of space and time in an informational…

Jobs recovery and loss, by industry

Jeremy Ashkenas and Alicia Parlapiano for The Upshot just plopped this interactive sucker…

Death penalty, the executed and the victims

The Washington Post provides a look at the death penalty in the United…

Military infographic fascination

Paul Ford describes his fascination with military infographics. Here’s what he has to…

The size of Game of Thrones dragons compared

Because Game of Thrones. Max Fleishman and Fernando Alfonso III for The Daily…

Exponential water tank

Hibai Unzueta, based on a paper by Albert Bartlett, demonstrates exponential growth with…

Beer me, Minnesota

The Star Tribune has a fun interactive that recommends Minnesota brews, based on…

Surviving on minimum wage

As most of us know, it’s not easy getting by on minimum wage,…

Olympic event explainer videos

Winter Olympic events are filled with subtleties that if you know about them,…

Olympic events placed in New York for scale

The New York Times published a fun piece that places Winter Olympic events…

History through the president’s words

The Washington Post visualized the use of specific words throughout the years during…

State gun laws since Newtown

The New York Times explored state gun bills since Newtown. In the 12…

Rocky movie breakdown

Fathom Information Design watched all six Rocky movies, classified segments into dialogue, training,…