Visualization

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

When people eat dinner in Europe

This map by @loverofgeography shows the usual dinner times for countries in Europe.…

Jeff Bezos wealth to scale

Jeff Bezos’ wealth is difficult to understand conceptually, because the scale is just…

More gender-neutral names

Georgios Karamanis plotted the ratio of girls-to-boys over time for all the names…

Working the triple peak

Microsoft researchers analyzed keystrokes by time of day, for a sample of Microsoft…

Oscar outfits as public health graphs

The 2022 Oscars came and went, and it was like all anyone could…

Ukraine’s defense in Kyiv

The New York Times shows how Russia has tried to take over and…

Russia’s logistics problems

For The Washington Post, Bonnie Berkowitz and Artur Galocha report on several facets…

Climate spiral to show temperature change

Say what you will about circular visualization, but the spiral plays. This one…

Most people think their employers don’t care about their well-being

Based on polls by Gallup, almost half of U.S. employees thought their employers…

Potential coronavirus mutations

For NYT Opinion, researchers Sarah Cobey, Jesse Bloom, and Tyler Starr, along with…

Charting all the vehicles of James Bond

Baryon Design collated data for all the vehicles James Bond used across all…

Intercepted Russian radio communications

The New York Times analyzed Russian radio communications near Kyiv. The unencrypted transmissions,…

Partisan excess deaths

Excess deaths is the difference between expected deaths based on historical data and…

Pollution by the rich versus poor

Based on estimates from the World Inequality Lab, Bloomberg shows how wealthier individuals’…

Days since record-high temperatures

Here’s a fun/alarming weather map from The Pudding. Using data from the Applied…

Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries

Millions of Ukrainians (over three million as of this writing) have left their…

Imports to Russia from countries that imposed sanctions and not

For The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam, Youjin Shin and Alyssa Fowers plotted…

US spending on Ukraine

For NYT’s The Upshot, Bianca Pallaro and Alicia Parlapiano break down the United…