According to a recent report from the Freedom House, 61% of Internet users live in countries where government criticism is restricted. Though widespread globally, censorship is not evenly...

From 'vehemently oppose' to 'all in': explore the universe of positions on Donald Trump. See which politicians have been sucked into orbit by the gas giant and which ones are resisting the pull.

Budget cuts can be a little befuddling, which is why for the 2015 Spending Review we wanted to create something that was easily accessible and understandable for everybody – whilst still being...

From Afghan training camps to the Islamic State - this is the comprehensive map for 37 years of terror acts performed by various Islamist groups around the world. We track the story and roots of...

Musicmap tries to provide the ultimate genealogy of all popular music genres and bundles any information regarding music genres and history in one dynamic map, serving as both an educational tool...

America is being watched from above. Government surveillance planes routinely circle over most major cities — but usually take the weekends off.

A record number of women now use contraception. The latest figures from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs show 64% of married and cohabiting women used modern or traditional...

These data visualizations aren't for our community, they're for the non-experts who so often find numbers daunting, disinteresting or just plain dubious. Although they're statistically...

When numbers get into the billions or trillions, they start to lose context. The U.S. national debt is one of those numbers. It currently sits at $19.5 trillion, which is actually such a large...

The analysis of collaboration patterns both between institutions and among countries. Scientific collaborations play an increasingly important role in driving world-leading research. Nature...

How do you keep track of security situations on thousands of servers world-wide?

The election forecast is FiveThirtyEight's signature interactive project. The state of the 2016 general election, both nationally and in ever state, is captured in an extensive series of...

This interactive data visualization shows all of the 5100 Olympic gold medal winners since the 1st Olympic Games of 1896 (and the current Olympic Records). They are ordered by sport, edition,...

Explore what the energy mix each state of the USA will look like with 100% renewable energy with this interactive dataviz.

An interactive map of how new words spread across America

A timeline of Earth's average temperature since the last ice age glaciation.

Data USA puts US government data in your hands. It's a free and open source platform that combines data from a variety of U.S. statistical agencies and brings it to life in more than 1.8 million...

Based on Reddit, Data is Beautiful showcases graphs, charts, maps and other forms of data visualization. DataIsBeautiful is for visualizations that effectively convey information. Aesthetics are...

This poignant infographic offers an overview of the roots of racism through the centuries, trying to expose the causes of this modern scourge.

The real estate market has been one of the main driving forces of China’s economy for more than one decade. This fast growing industry also contributed to social inequality in urban...

Can food be a medium? What is the taste of data? The Data Cuisine Workshop is an experimental investigation on the representation of data with culinary means, or — if you like — edible diagrams....

In a first-of-its-kind review, the newspaper spent a year examining the field contact practices of the nation’s 50 largest police departments, along with some of the top law enforcement agencies in...

At the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), I've made dozens of infographics / data visualisations to present data from investigations, educational resources and research articles. Our main...

Our bodies are extraordinary. They contain elements that have a commercial value, megabytes of data, and trillions of cells, most of which aren't our own.

Website and blog offering tips on Tableau, data visualization and R.

A series of graphics accompanied this article on Flint's water crisis. These graphics took pains to convey the statistical sampling that was being used to test Flint's water, and how seemingly...

‘How cities are governed’ is an interactive visualisation which presents the results of the global Urban Governance Survey undertaken by LSE Cities in partnership with UN Habitat and UCLG...

Looking for a unique baby name? How about some strange ones? Ones you can use in Scrabble, or ones that show up in the Bible? This visualization walks through some trends and oddities in the...

The Dalai Lama asked Paul Ekman and Stamen Design to design him an Atlas of Emotions. This online interactive project visualizes what science knows about emotions, emotional states, triggers,...

Shipmap.org is an ambitious interactive WebGL map of commercial shipping movements based on hundreds of millions of data points from throughout 2012 (the most recent year for which all the raw...