The unstoppable global spread of the internet is encouraging, but wider access alone won’t close the data gap. This interactive visualisation illustrates how the digital divide has...

The M29 bus route cuts straight through Berlin. It starts in the villa districts in the west of the city, passes through the troubled inner city areas, and ends in Berlin’s trendiest districts....

Bike commuting throughout the city is often like this: cobbled together out of a bit of bike lane here, an unprotected shoulder there, a scrap of sharrow and some silent pleas that cars won't run...

Until recently, it was impossible to measure the popularity of older music. Billboard charts and album sales only tell us about a song’s popularity at the time of its release. But now we have...

The project is a visual analysis of the letters written by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theodorus ("Theo") between 1873 and 1890. For each letter an automatic linguistic extraction has...

Turns out great minds don’t think alike. Discover how some of the world’s most original artists, writers and musicians structured their day, based on ‘Daily Rituals’ by Mason Currey. Filter the...

Hub Analytics was created as a reporting tool to consolidate client data pulled from various iQmetrix retail solutions used by a client. The iQmetrix Hub is the platform interface where the client...

…and which is the noirest film of all? These questions are answered in our infographic dedicated to the shadowy world of one of classic Hollywood’s most beloved subgenres.

By analysing over 1,250 attempted transactions – both successful and failed – we can observe the ebb and flow of Chinese investments and contracts. Momentum has grown since 2010 with the energy and...

I am a freak for the American road trip. And I'm not alone, as some of this country's best writers have taken a shot at describing that quintessentially American experience. “There is no such...

This infographic shows the speed, depth and scale of Russian military diesel-electric submarines, nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs, and nuclear-powered attack subs. Only active submarines are...

Yesterday New Zealand’s Minister of Finance tabled the 2015 Budget. The Budget lays out how the Government will spend $NZ88 billion dollars over the coming year.

As part of the celebration around the World Statistics Day 2015, and following the launch of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals Report, the United Nations Statistics Division announced the...

Greg Wyler’s first space Internet startup, O3b Networks, has positioned a ring of satellites in medium-earth orbit around the equator—high enough to cover large portions of the planet, but not...

Incisive analysis and opinion around data visualization techniques, plus tutorials from the renowned University of Miami Knight Chair of Visual Journalism, Alberto Cairo. @albertocairo

In 1918, the First World War ended and millions of men returned from the front line to their wives and sweethearts. Two years later, Britain experienced a sudden spike in birth rate, a ‘baby boom’,...

matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms.

The visualization explores the levels of freedom in countries according to Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s flagship publication, that is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global...

When that first August kick happens, he carried our hopes. When we needed to endure, he made sure we presisted. When we thought all was lost, we looked to him. He always fought for us.

Many economists believe the gap between the rich and everyone else is widening. Here's a look at why. Published by The Wall Street...

More than 12,000 people in Germany are currently waiting for a transplant operation. This project looks at organ donation from the point of view of both donors and recipients, visualising the...

An infographic based on a survey of fears that I conducted, which focuses on the correlation of the age the fear began, how severe it is, and what type of fear it is. It also explores whether...

A sweet of mapping tools for beautiful detailed interactive maps

The increasing amount of data overloading us on a daily basis requires us to be more selective in how we divide our attention. Being able to quickly assess what information is relevant to you...

The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones VentureSource are tracking venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. See how the club has expanded since the project began in January 2014...

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4.7 million Colombians live abroad. 400,000 of those who left have refugee status or are applying for it. They live in 45 countries worldwide. Credits:  Data Visualization Chief: Alejandro...

It seems safe to report that dude has supplanted totally as the word most often uttered by American youth, claimed Richard Hill in his 1994 paper on the history of the word dude. That might be...

The annual number of new cancer cases worldwide is predicted to increase from 14 million in 2012 to almost 22 million in 2030 due to population growth and aging alone. But each country has...

The Colorado River — the most important water source for 40 million people in the West — is draining. For a century, seven states engineered ways to wring ever more water from the river, defying...