Visualization

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

Map of most common domesticated animals

Based on data from the USDA Census of Agriculture, this map by John…

Rise of Caitlin Clark, scoring machine

Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…

Diva-ness of national anthem renditions

You’ve probably heard various renditions of The Star-Spangled Banner, and sometimes singers put…

Consumer confidence in current economic conditions

For NYT Opinion, Nate Silver compares consumer confidence between two surveys. The University…

Your body as a processing plant, digesting a hot wing

Your body goes through a special process to digest spicy food. The sting,…

Investor expectations for interest rates compared to reality

This chart by Eric Wallerstein for the Wall Street Journal shows expectations against…

Speed puzzling times and strategies

There are competitions where people complete jigsaw puzzles as quickly as they can,…

Evolution of the scrollbar

Sébastien Matos used a straightforward view to show the evolution of the scrollbar,…

Researchers might have found Amelia Earhart’s crashed plane

For NPR, Juliana Kim reports: Deep Sea Vision, an ocean exploration company based…

Decline of the school bus

For WP’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam notes the decline of the…

Infinite Craft with large language model

Start with water, fire, wind, and earth and see what you can craft…

Local wanderlust

Alastair Humphreys, using a 20 by 20 kilometer map of where he lives,…

World railway map

Usually you see a railway map from a local perspective, because it’s meant…

Cost of a Big Mac at every McDonald’s in the United States

A map, by Pantry & Larder, shows the cost of a Big Mac…

Shifting bird populations

Using data from the crowdsourced database eBird, Harry Stevens mapped the shifts in…

Mathematical feature in all Sudoku puzzles

For Numberphile, Simon Anthony explains the Phistomephel Ring. The shape always contains the…

Oceans that all the rivers drain

Rivers drain into oceans. Grasshopper Geography color-coded the rivers in the world by…

Learning animal languages with AI

Financial Times highlights how researchers are using AI to try to learn what…