Network Graph

Nodes and edges show connections, typically positioned to show strength of relationships.

School diversity visualized with moving bubbles

The Washington Post visualized 13,000 school districts to show the change in diversity…

How to Make a Moving Bubble Chart, Based on a Dataset

Ooo, bubbles... It's not the most visually efficient method, but it's one of the more visually satisfying ones.

The Stages of Relationships, Distributed

Everyone's relationship timeline is a little different. This animation plays out real-life paths to marriage.

A Day in the Life: Women and Men

Using the past couple of years of data from the American Time Use Survey, I simulated a working day for men and women to see how schedules differ. Watch it play out in this animation.

How to Make Chord Diagrams in R

Show connections in the circular layout for a more compact presentation.

Getting Started with Network Graphs in R

Add the vertices. Connect them with edges. Repeat as necessary.

A Day in the Life: Work and Home

I simulated a day for employed Americans to see when and where they work.

How disinformation spreads in a network

Disinformation is kind of a problem these days, yeah? Fatih Erikli uses a…

Apple vs. Google company structure, as seen through patents

For Co.Design, Periscopic compared patent ownership between Apple and Google, which ends up…

Make a Moving Bubbles Chart to Show Clustering and Distributions

Use a force-directed graph to form a collection of bubbles and move them around based on data.

Most Common Family Types in America

Nuclear is still the most common, but there are millions of households in the United States with a different family structure.

Game of Thrones discussions for every episode, visualized

I hear there’s some show called “Game of Thrones” that’s kind of popular…

Air transportation network

Flight pattern maps are fun to look at and reveal the complexity of…

Shakespeare tragedies as network graphs

Martin Grandjean looked at the structure of Shakespeare tragedies through character interactions. Each…

A Day in the Life of Americans

I wanted to see how daily patterns emerge at the individual level and how a person's entire day plays out. So I simulated 1,000 of them.

How to Make an Interactive Network Visualization

Interactive network visualizations make it easy to rearrange, filter, and explore your connected data. Learn how to make one using D3 and JavaScript.

How tech companies are interconnected

Sarah Kessler and Nick Sigler examine the interconnectedness between major tech companies. I…

Organizational charts in major tech

Manu Cornet caricaturizes org charts of major tech companies, such as Amazon with…

Researchers Map Chaos Inside Cancer Cell

The thing about cancer cells is that they suck. Their DNA is all…

Amusing Disney Org Chart – From Walt on Down

I’m not sure how old this Disney org chart is, but I’m guessing…