A symbol is used for each unit to place emphasis on individuals or objects.
Show individual data points by splitting bars into smaller cells.
Make the unit chart less abstract with icons that represent the data, or use this in place of a bar chart.
Add visual weight by using individual items to show counts.
From the listener perspective, we pay our monthly or annual fees and just…
Sergio Peçanha and Yan Wu, for The Washington Post, used a combination unit…
To broadly show how people have lived in the U.S. during these past…
Sarah Kliff and Aatish Bhatia for NYT’s The Upshot look at the uncertainty…
We had to do more from home. Here's how much everything shifted by total minutes in a day.
Using unit charts, NPR shows the number of people who identify with each…
Steph Curry has been on a tear as of late. In April he…
The Washington Post (paywall) shows the recent rise in domestic terrorism incidents in…
For The Pudding, Ofunne Amaka and Amber Thomas looked at shades, words, and…
With this straightforward unit chart, wcd.fyi shows which generation each Senate member belonged…
Voter turnout this election was higher than it’s been in a long time,…
Someone mentioned that $400,000+ per year was commonplace in American households. That seemed like an odd comment.
NPR estimated how many people have experienced unhealthy air this year, largely in…
What is old? When it comes to subjects like health care and retirement, we often think of old in fixed terms. But as people live longer, it's worth changing the definition.
From 1928, the year of the first Academy Awards, to 2019, there have been 455 nominations for Best Director. Of those, 18 of them went to non-white men.
Outside of Australia, it can be a challenge to get a grasp of…
