Visualization

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

Australia as 100 people

Opting for the force-directed clusters route, Catherine Hanrahan and Simon Elvery for ABC…

Parts of America that most resemble the future

The Census Bureau released estimates for demographic breakdowns for each county — in…

When babies are born, the cycle

Movies would have you believe that birth is random and unpredictable. (And if…

A thousand ways to draw a thing

Google released the Quick, Draw! dataset, so the closer looks at the collection…

Looking for cultural expression in 50 million doodles

Using Google’s Quick Draw dataset, a collection of 50 million drawings across 345…

Mappings for Choose Your Own Adventure books

Every now and then there’s a visual exploration of the Choose Your Own…

Moving ice

Ice in Antartica is in constant (very slow) motion, and as ocean waters…

Politics of religious leaders

Kevin Quealy for The Upshot looks at political party registration of religious leaders,…

Geocities map, a snapshot of an old web

Geocities was a place on the web you could create your own space…

Pollution popsicles

Students at the National Taiwan University of Arts made popsicles using sewage runoff…

Baseball hitting angles on the rise

After the crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs, home runs in professional baseball dipped the…

xkcd: Words in every state map

xkcd reading my mind somehow as usual. Not all state word maps are…

LeBron James passed Michael Jordan in playoff points

As a Golden State Warriors fan, I am obligated to dislike LeBron James,…

Multiplayer stock market game with real money

Twitch launched Stock Stream, which is a multiplayer stock market game that uses…

Comparing Google Maps and Apple Maps Over a Year

Google collects much of their own data to construct their maps, whereas Apple…

Melting glaciers

Glaciers at Glacier National Park in Montana are melting. Using data from the…

Medieval fantasy city generator

Game developer Oleg Dolya made a medieval fantasy city generator. Select the size…

All of Mister Rogers’ cardigan colors

While watching a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood marathon, Owen Phillips for The Awl wondered…