Visualization

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

Network visualization game to understand how a disease spreads

Vax, a game by Ellsworth Campbell and Isaac Bromley, explores how a disease…

Explorations of People Movements

A new data source gave rise to a different set of visualization projects. We see people.

Civilian casualties in Gaza

Lazaro Gamio and Richard Johnson for the Washington Post cover civilian deaths in…

A decade of Yelp review trends

Yelp released an amusing tool that lets you see how the use of…

Senator John Walsh plagiarism, color-coded

John Walsh, the U.S. Senator from Montana, is in the news lately for…

Editing photos as if they were audio files

Masuma Ahuja and Denise Lu for the Washington Post applied a technique called…

Voter approval rates as butt plugs

From a couple of years ago, but still relevant, I think. Matthew Epler…

Misery index based on perceived temperature

Late last year, Cameron Beccario made a wind map for earth, inspired by…

Flights around Ukraine

The New York Times is covering Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with a series…

Geologic map of Mars

The USGS released a more detailed geologic map of Mars, not just renderings…

Spiky betting odds during LeBron James decision

LeBron James decided to head back to Cleveland, so naturally the odds that…

How much underwear to bring on a trip

Packing underwear for a short trip is easy. You just pack a pair…

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…

FoamTree: Visualize hierarchical data with a lot of groups

For small-ish amounts of hierarchical data, most JavaScript libraries can handle the load.…

xkcd: Dominant players in chess and basketball

I’m pretty sure xkcd is the only one who gets away with showing…

Birth year and political leanings

A statistical model, from Yair Ghitza of Catalist and Andrew Gelman of Columbia…

Whaling in Japan explained

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