Use smaller versions of the same chart type to compare across categories.
Also known as trellis charts, lattice chart, or whatever you want to call them, the technique lets you compare several categories in one view.
Instead of traditional pie charts that rely on angles and arc lengths to show parts of a whole, try this easier-to-read version.
The relatively new and lesser known time series visualization can be useful if you know what you're looking at, and they take up a lot less space.
Small multiples are great, and the right interactions can make them even better. A primer and a how-to.
Maybe you want to make spatial comparisons over time or across categories. Organized small maps might do the trick.
Make a lot of charts at once, line them up in a grid, and you can make quick comparisons across several categories.
For The Washington Post, Ashlyn Still and Kevin Schaul charted how long it…
The wind was blowing smoke and ash from wildfires further up north from where I live. The sky turned an eerie orange. I wondered about past fires and made the chart below.
Restaurants are reopening for dining across the United States. Some states are doing it faster than others.
For National Geographic, Nina Strochlic and Riley D. Champine look back at the…
For each month in her child’s first year, Amanda Makulec took a picture…
The New York Times zoomed in on southeastern Australia where the fires have…
We use some names mostly for boys and some mostly for girls, but then there is a small percentage that, over time, switched from one gender to another. Which names made the biggest switch?
I think we can all benefit from knowing a little more about others these days. This is a glimpse of how different groups live.
Based on data from CAL FIRE, Erin Ross, for Axios, plotted California wildfires…
The shifting majorities of the sexes in the workplace.
Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates. Some towards lower. Salary also probably plays a role.
A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
Adam Pearce charted minute-by-minute point differentials for NBA games during the 2014-15 season.…
We know spending changes when you have more money. Here's by how much.
