Visualization

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

Visual breakdowns of iconic hip-hop samples

Hip-hop music producers often sample from previous works. They remake, restructure, and repurpose…

Hip-hop’s influence on the English language

For The New York Times, Miles Marshall Lewis highlights the etymology of five…

Shifting towards more hot days, fewer cold days

It keeps getting hotter around the world. Not every single day. But over…

Cultural Midwest, not technically

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Midwest as the region of twelve states…

Map of Lahaina buildings destroyed in wildfire

Most of the Maui town Lahaina was destroyed by wildfire. The Wall Street…

Losing ice in the Antarctic

In this chart from The Economist that shows ice extent from 1972 up…

Greenhouse gas from wasting food at home

Almost half of wasted food comes from homes, and almost half of that…

Rarity of songwriters who are women for popular songs

It’s common to see singers who are women, but the people who write…

Taylor Swift pop charts

Taylor Swift has been filling up stadiums across the United States and will…

Hot surfaces, stored energy

In hot places, the ground can heat to higher temperatures than the air,…

Comparing home run in distance different stadiums

In Major League Baseball, a player hits a home run when the ball…

Racing amateurs against Tour de France cyclists

It takes strength and dedication to race in the Tour de France. It’s…

John Snow’s cholera map, an animated version

Sarah Bell made an animated version of John Snow’s classic map from 1854.…

Increasing alcohol-related deaths

Alcohol consumption, based on ethanol volume estimates, has been rising over the past…

A race to find the best route to the Jersey Shore

To find the fastest route from Philadelphia to the Jersey Shore, The Philadelphia…

What Americans drink and their changing habits

When I was a kid, I drank a lot of milk, and bottled…

Age shifts around the world

The world is getting older overall. For The New York Times, Lauren Leatherby…

Flowchart showing the splits, mergers, and acquisitions of the former Bell Telephone Company

Bell System’s monopoly broke up in 1984 leading to independent phone companies, which…