Packed Bubble Chart

Circle size represents data like with a bubble chart, but there is typically no x-y axis. Instead position often represents grouping or is used to maximize space.

Tutorials and Guides

Examples

Bed and Bath’s Beyond

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

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…

Total refugees from Ukraine, compared to other countries

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

Cycle of Many, a 24-hour snapshot for a day in the life of Americans

This is a 24-hour snapshot for a day in the life of Americans.

How vaccines can make a difference with the Delta variant

We see percentages for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, and people can easily misinterpret…

Visualizing GitHub repos

Most people are familiar with the file-and-folder view. Sort alphabetically, date, or file…

Counting Happiness and Where it Comes From

Researchers asked 10,000 participants to list ten things that recently made them happy. I counted and connected the dots.

Olympic medal tracker

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

See if you live in a political bubble

Gus Wezerek, Ryan D. Enos, and Jacob Brown for NYT Opinion use neighborhood-level…

Defining “essential worker” to distribute vaccine

Matthew Conlen, in an article by Abby Goodnough and Jan Hoffman for NYT,…

School diversity visualized with moving bubbles

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

Brexit voting divisions

The Economist charted the divisions within political parties using Brexit votes as proxy.…

Products with tariffs in the trade war

The trade war started in January of this year when the administration imposed…

Day of the year companies stop paying women

One way to think about gender pay gap is to imagine women receive…