Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Animated history of US county boundaries
Here’s a straightforward animation that shows US county boundaries change between 1629 and…
Estimated age based on your name
A while back, Nate Silver and Allison McCann for FiveThirtyEight estimated age based…
A year of earthquakes
Fathom provides an interactive browser for a year of earthquakes, based on data…
The Great Grid Map Debate of 2015
There’s been a sudden bump in grid maps lately taking the place of…
The big companies behind organic food brands
When you walk down the aisles of the grocery store, there are probably…
Rising beef prices and cattle theft
Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…
Upward mobility and the potential for a better life
An analysis by Raj Chetty of Harvard University and Nathaniel Hendren of NBER…
Black and White America compared as if they were countries
The Economist made a simple yet effective comparison of Black America and White…
Self-printing a wall-sized world map
Dominik Schwarz wanted a big world map. A really big one that covered…
Median home in America, over 40 years
The median home in America has changed in a variety of ways. Square…
Earthquake magnitude and the logarithmic scale
The earthquake in Nepal was big, but there’s a discrepancy in just how…
Fashion trends seen through Google searches
Fashion trends, such as skinny jeans and Palazzo pants, can spike and fall…
Disaster risk indices estimate impact on people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 can affect countries differently, depending on…
Quick change of mind on social issues
As Supreme Court hearings for same-sex marriage start today, Alex Tribou and Keith…
Recurring characters in film and the words used to describe them
Stereotropes, made by the Bocoup Data Visualization Team, explores the many tropes in…
Why exploring big data is hard
The talks from OpenVisConf 2015 went up, so I’m slowly making my way…
Emptied reservoirs in California
Winter is over and it’s shorts weather these days in California. This is…
