Bubble Chart

Points are placed like in a scatter plot, but they are sized based on the square root of data values.

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American Height and Weight

Using body mass index (BMI), which is calculated with height and weight, most people fall into the categories of overweight or obese.

Changing Difficulty of Getting Into Your College, Past Two Decades

It's gotten more difficult to get into top colleges over the years, but most schools have either admitted students at the same rate or increased admission rates since 2001.

See Who is Older and Younger than You

As you get older, it might start to feel like everyone is getting younger around you. At what point are you older than the majority?

Limited progress towards a plan for planting 1 trillion trees

Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, set out to plant and conserve 1…

Counts for pro-Palestinian college protests increasing

Based on estimates from the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Washington Post shows the…

Access to nature where you live

NatureQuant processes and analyzes satellite imagery to quantify people’s access to nature. They…

Most Common Jobs, by Income Group

These are income ranges for the ten most common jobs at different income levels.

Tree rings to compare life expectancy in your state

The Washington Post goes with a tree ring metaphor to compare life expectancy…

Are we back yet?

In 2020, our everyday routines shifted dramatically, but over the past few years, it's felt like things are getting back to where they were. How back are we?

Bed and Bath’s Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy, so Alex Leeds Matthews and Amy…

Words used in cannabis business names

Daniel Wolfe for The Washington Post looked at the similar word choices across…

Online dating, who filters out what

With online dating apps, you’re able to filter out potential matches based on…

Bank Failures in the United States, Since 2001

These are all the failures since 2001, scaled by amount of assets in 2023 dollars.

Trying to isolate Russia

The New York Times shows how the west tried to isolate Russia and…

Happiness and Meaning in What We Do

There are things that make us happy. There are things where we find meaning in the everyday. What are the things that give us both?

History of wars and power in Europe, animated from 1500 to present

Agar.io is a multiplayer game where people control cells in a Petri dish-type…