Visualization

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

Age range of Olympians

Bonnie Berkowitz and Artur Galocha go with the strip plot to show the…

Science behind running fast vs. running far

From The New York Times, the combination of video, motion graphics, and charts,…

Visual guide to redistricting

Gerrymandering continues to be an important thread that I think many people still…

Decline of U.S. vaccination rate compared against Europe’s

Elian Peltier and Josh Holder for The New York Times highlight the vaccination…

Comparison of Biden infrastructure plan and updated bipartisan plan

Aatish Bhatia and Quoctrung Bui for NYT’s The Upshot made the comparison using…

How time use changed in 2020

Ben Casselman and Ella Koeze for The New York Times compared time use…

Rate of change in Covid-19 cases

We’re all familiar with the Covid-19 line charts that show cases over time,…

Olympic medal tracker

The Bloomberg medal tracker is fun to look at. I think the graphics…

Calculating swim speeds

The New York Times charted speed ranks during the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay.…

New Olympic sports explained

The 2020 Summer Olympics are here, so ’tis the season for experimental visual…

Olympic event visual explainers

With the Olympics starting on Friday, The New York Times started their coverage…

Case rates adjusted for the unvaccinated

Covid-19 cases in the United States were down, but they’re moving up again,…

Falling spin rates in baseball after rule enforcement

NYT’s The Upshot analyzed spin rate on pitches before and after enforcing a…

Rise of K-pop

K-pop seems to be inescapable these days, which really confuses me. Marian Liu,…

How long it takes a ball to drop on various Solar System bodies

James O’Donoghue made this straightforward animation that shows how long it takes for…

Slowing and then renewed interest in getting vaccinated

When countries gained access to vaccines, there was an initial burst of vaccinations,…

Map of drying reservoirs in the west

To show water levels in California’s drying reservoirs, The Washington Post used upside…

UEFA Euro 2020 matches visualized with triangle sets

Krisztina Szűcs used sets of animated triangles to show how each match played…