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...

How has the ruling class changed at the helm of our country? I tried to answer the question with data collected by Andrea Carboni and some dataviz

The annual European Backpacker Index, compiled by priceoftravel.com, is designed to help money-savvy travellers find the cheapest European cities and plan an accurate budget for when they...

Technology and our increasing demand for security have put us all under surveillance. Is privacy becoming just a memory?

In large expanses of the continental United States, spring is arriving earlier than in past years. In this graphic story for The Washington Post we analyzed first-leaf and first-bloom indexes, as...

Since the election, President Trump has made 31 specific claims about companies adding or saving American jobs thanks to his intervention. We went back to see what’s become of those announcements.

The US electricity system is often described as the world’s largest machine. It is also incredibly diverse, reflecting the policy preferences, needs and available natural resources of each state....

The special project is dedicated to the 190th anniversary of the writer Jules Verne. TASS has prepared a tool-navigator for his novels, which will help the reader choose a book according to one’s...

Each piece of music has a key: the note on which the whole harmonic composition is built.  How can we use this information to visually represent the complexity of a musician's production over...

A double-page graphical Timeline of over 100 Darknet markets offering drugs. The purpose was to try and show how prolific the darknet market is and how new marketplaces quickly took the place of...

A deep dive into dog breeding history and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Dogs have been companions to humans for thousands of years and as the relationship has developed, so have various...

Mapping the cities and places with the worst access.

Our annual Kuijpers family get together is approaching and this year I’ve been working on this idea to visualize my family tree in a more challenging way. And since I can’t memorize all family...

Italy is the world leader in pasta production, producing more than 3,000,000 tons every year. We are the most caloric country, indeed. What if pasta calories were converted in kilowatt per hour?...

A landmark new study shows that bursts of brilliance happen for almost everyone. This discovery holds promise for creatives and other kinds of professionals. We've created an interactive graphic...

This wooden map is a celebration of NYC’s street tree population. It is a hybrid of a choropleth map, a bar chart, and an interactive game. Each neighborhood is represented by a removable wooden...

An interactive guide to human networks.

Designed as an A4 printed giveaway graphic for delegates as well as a vehicle for presentation purposes at the COP23 Climate change meeting in Bonn. This is an update on previous graphics to...

"What's Your Vote Worth?" presents America's proven capacity to improve equal access for its voters, while also encouraging readers to critically examine aspects of the American voting system where...

This data visualisation consists of handmade paper trees. There are 20 trees, one for each of the 20 largest UK funders. The features of each tree, such as the lengths of its branches and its...

Economics can be confusing. Even the most interesting facts on the economy can become complicated if they’re with jargon. And with economic concepts affecting the decisions, we make it’s vital...

Visual representation of the human nervous system; specifically how a variety of nerves branch out from the spinal cord. Flowers on the ends of these branches resemble the sensation that may be...

This infographic is a chapter of a fully illustrated non-fiction book about the European Red Wood Ant. Each book chapter is a large two-sided leporello and covers a certain aspect about Wood Ants....

A selection and analysis of the most important demographics of the profession: sectors, age, sex, contracts, income and training.

After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials.

A Voronoi diagram visualisation of air quality in Bristol, England.

Earlier this year, my friend Elijah made a bold claim: that most people in data visualization end up leaving, because there’s something wrong with the current state of the field. It stirred quite a...

The project was timed to coincide with the centenary of the execution of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. It focuses on the remaining members of the Romanov dynasty who emigrated after the...