Visualization

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

Job gains and losses over time

Andrew Van Dam and Renee Lightner for the Wall Street Journal provide a…

Vaccination rates for every kindergarten in California

The New York Times mapped the vaccination rate for every kindergarten in California.…

Professor ratings by gender and discipline

Based on about 14 million reviews on RateMyProfessor, this tool by Ben Schmidt…

Baking units demystified

A handy chart by Andrew M.H. Alexander. Treemap conversion from one gallon, down…

Shrinking middle class

The Upshot has a detailed, chart-filled summary of the shrinking middle class, categorized…

Vaccination rate and measles outbreak simulation

You’ve probably heard about herd immunity by now. Vaccinations help the individual and…

Where and why men outnumber women

There are an estimated 60 million more men than women on this planet,…

Transposing embroidery to music

In Soundweaving, Zsanett Szirmay used embroidery as a score to feed into a…

Your street name across the country

Here’s a fun searchable map from the New York Times. Enter a street’s…

Chances that a drug treatment helps

It’s a common belief that if someone has a medical condition, a patient…

Mapping ice layers with radar data

I don’t know exactly how much data NASA has in the bank, but…

A century of National Geographic maps

Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…

Fibonacci sculptures fake movement

John Edmark made some pretty things.…

Snow depth by dogs

For the US east coasters and their pets.…

Sexual insecurities found in Google search results

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz continues with his Google search data-related op-eds for the New York…

Book checkouts from the British Library

In efforts to emphasize the importance of the library (very), the British Library…

Whale songs visualized

It’s been known for decades that the sounds that whales make show patterns…

Feeling hot, hot, hot

When you look at overall global temperatures over time, you see a rising…