Unit Chart

A symbol is used for each unit to place emphasis on individuals or objects.

Tutorials and Guides

Examples

Scale of billions of dollars in Australia’s budget

To show the scale of tax cuts and Australia’s budget, ABC News takes…

Income Sources

Most people have a job and receive wages in return, but that starts to change when you get into the higher income groups.

8 billion population visualized

Here’s a fun interactive from The Washington Post to earmark the world reaching…

Money distribution for streaming music

From the listener perspective, we pay our monthly or annual fees and just…

Behind the million

Sergio PeƧanha and Yan Wu, for The Washington Post, used a combination unit…

Percentage breakdowns of pandemic life

To broadly show how people have lived in the U.S. during these past…

False positives with prenatal tests for rare conditions

Sarah Kliff and Aatish Bhatia for NYT’s The Upshot look at the uncertainty…

How Much More Time We Spent at Home

We had to do more from home. Here's how much everything shifted by total minutes in a day.

Multiracial people counted in the census

Using unit charts, NPR shows the number of people who identify with each…

Stephen Curry’s record-setting month for shooting threes

Steph Curry has been on a tear as of late. In April he…

Domestic terrorism incidents plotted over time

The Washington Post (paywall) shows the recent rise in domestic terrorism incidents in…

Analysis of color names used with makeup

For The Pudding, Ofunne Amaka and Amber Thomas looked at shades, words, and…

Age generations in the U.S. Senate, over time

With this straightforward unit chart, wcd.fyi shows which generation each Senate member belonged…

Votes that won the presidency

Voter turnout this election was higher than it’s been in a long time,…

Who Makes More Money

Someone mentioned that $400,000+ per year was commonplace in American households. That seemed like an odd comment.

Millions of people experienced unhealthy air in 2020

NPR estimated how many people have experienced unhealthy air this year, largely in…