This piece makes a case for why Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is important and might be the most lasting effect of Donald Trump's presidency. It starts with an explanation of the Supreme Court...

Fun with #ggplot2 and #spotifyr. Plotting danceability by track to recreate the album art for Radiohead's Kid A.

This grid visualises all the possible scenarios for one of the group stages of this summer's World Cup. It was still all to play for as the final set of games began, so this chart helped football...

There are 80 countries* which have participated in a past World Cup tournament or are going to participate in this years World Cup. They have been participating with their own national...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have defied easy categorization since they burst into the public consciousness last year, fueling an intense debate over how they should fit into the average...

Fish are more popular in China than elsewhere, while the cat is the favorite domestic animal of the French.

»Stats Against the Odds« is a declaration of love through data. It is a handmade book visualizing specific facts about a (very) long distance relationship, and thus telling its story. Some...

Global spending on R&D reaches record high of almost US$1.7 trillion. See how much your country spends.

Hard-earned lessons from our notebook about information design and infographics. Hands-on, honest and condensed.   We’ve been working in the field of infographics and visual information for...

This map, created using the U.S. Department of Defense's THOR dataset, shows every recorded bombing mission of the Vietnam War. Each mission is plotted as a single semi-transparent point....

What if you could visually compare any property's assessment value against all others in a city with a click? What interesting patterns could you find? Starting with those questions, the project...

Chartable is a blog written by people who work at Datawrapper, a charting tool for journalists. Together with our readers, we explore how to create better charts and maps: What to consider when...

I am impressed by the “Principle Rivers/Mountains/Lakes” map diagrams that were so popular in the mid 1800s and have been curious about how I might reproduce that aesthetic without etching on...

The volume of counterfeit banknotes - and coins, and bills, in Russia for eight years decreased almost threefold. What money is forged most often - in the TASS infographics.

This article describes the disparity in early voting access in 2016 between Marion County, Indiana, and the "donut" counties of the Indianapolis metro area. The analyses use census block-level data...

A visualization about the shared bicycle program and bicycle infrastructure in Austin, Texas with an emphasis on safety and desirability, using multiple large data resources.

The story of climate change in the United States over the last 100+ years - specifically the level by which temperatures are rising (or not) - is a story told across millions and billions of data...

Tibetan Opera is called "Gillam", which means "fairy sister". According to legend, Tibetan opera was first performed by seven sisters, and the contents of the opera were mostly myths and stories in...

Inspired by the approach of our design studio we created an interactive annual review for 2017 based on the hours we worked. Through a navigable timeline, you can see projects that we've worked on...

Our story, “Killings of Black Men by Whites are Far More Likely to be Ruled ‘Justifiable,’” tackles the complex issue of killings that do not result in any form of prosecution. “Justifiable...

19,500 people across Europe and beyond died prematurely in 2015 due to coal pollution from EU coal plants. Unless we accelerate the phaseout of coal plants, more people will needlessly suffer...

Brain death’s role in the uncertainties of death

What makes a great city? Is it political stability? Low crime rates? Access to education or healthcare? We took one metric, looking at how easy it is for people to move within cities. We calculated...

A visual documentation of Operation Black Buck - one of the riskiest yet most ambitious missions the RAF has ever carried out. This print visualises the complex dance of the multiple air-to-air...

We found ourselves reading more than we’d like to admit of the 312 page testimony of Glenn Simpson for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Realizing that the testimony itself didn’t provide enough...

30° is a data visualization of marine data in the form of an installation. The measurement data originate from the thirtieth longitude and are printed in chronological order in small typography on...

Twitter has become the venue for political outreach, international diplomacy, whitehouse personnel announcements and other important political communications. In this piece, we analyze the concept...

The Interactive Scientific Poster „Dynamic Planet” was designed and developed for the exhibition „Focus Earth” of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. One of the main...

There is no discerinble relationship between height and power. Maybe world leaders really are larger than life.

In February we released a project Our World in Data had been working on: SDG-Tracker.org, the first (and only, to date) resource where you can track our progress towards the United Nations...