Alberto Cairo's weblog on visualization, infographics and data journalism

The electoral map is many shades of Republican and Democrat—and always shifting. Which states have moved to the middle, and which are slipping out of reach for the opposition party?

These animated virus trading cards show the real 3D structure of viruses. Using scientifically accurate structure data from the Worldwide Protein Databank, each trading card reveals the viral...

Topics and places the world is reporting on right now. Explore what shapes our different perspectives.

Shrinking glaciers, a changing economy and environmental worries are forcing the Bhutanese to question whether their dependence on hydropower is the realistic way forward. This is a story of a...

'Some jobs are much more labor intensive and dangerous than others, so it's important to consider what kind of workers’ compensation is available in your state. For this data visualization, we took...

Un recorrido por la trayectoria del basquetbolista que empezó su andar como “el próximo Michael Jordan” y la terminó como el “auténtico Kobe Bryant”.

The project is a visual representation of the world, seen through the eyes of a pilot. The map has been inspired by Vanhoenacker's book "Skyfaring". On the map are indicated the airports and the...

Robin considers herself to be strong, stable, and composed, and she also cries at the drop of a hat. She records, analyzes, and visualizes 394 outbursts that occur over a year and a half to gain a...

Clayton Kershaw was one of the best pitchers in baseball in the first half of the season. We analyzed more than 1,600 pitches to illustrate his tendencies. We also allow readers to explore the...

The visualization shows the collection of historical drawings by Frederick William IV alongside a thematic and temporal arrangement. The aim was to highlight thematic and historical connections...

Breaking down data on the 27 fintech unicorns. 

As temperatures rise and oceans warm, regions will face drastic changes and will be increasingly affected by climate hazards.

Rock 'n Poll is polls explained with interactive graphics. Politicians as well as journalists take political polls very seriously. Losses and gains of a few percentage points are overly analysed...

An analysis of all the games ever played between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Our latest release constitutes quite a catch: a massive, awe-inspiring aquarium of American freshwater fish! Each finny friend has been meticulously illustrated scale by scale—to scale! This...

World map populated with open-source data on the current whereabouts of the world’s known nuclear weapons.

The Haute Route is the pinnacle of amateur stage riding. Set on closed roads over extremely challenging mountainous routes, it also boasts pro-level timing and support.

Billionaires are the richest of the rich. Many young entrepreneurs hope to one-day reach this ultimate financial milestone. But before these entrepreneurs are allowed to join this group, they first...

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.

A visual survey about the most beautiful super cars in the world from 1963 to 2016.

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....

Here’s a look at every single song that has reached the Hot 100, stretching back to 1958. Each tiny rectangle denotes a different song. The larger the rectangle, the longer the song stayed on the...

delvv.io would like to submit the graphic work from our very own Rising Star, Anja Laubsher. We are a qualitative research startup based out of Johannesburg, South Africa. We live in a continent...

The digits of Pi are assigned mass and placed uniformly around a circle. The simulation calculates the gravitational forces between all mass pairs and moves the masses accordingly. When masses...

Jeff Bezos is now in the 5th spot on world’s wealthiest people list. But he was born poor. He wanted to start a business right after college but didn’t. So how did he start?

Is crime in America rising or falling? The answer is not nearly as simple as politicians sometimes make it out to be, because of how the FBI collects and handles crime data from the country’s...

This interactive visualisation aims to display traffic accident information as kept by Transport for London for the year 2015.

Vaccination schedules are a live political issue in the USA. We wanted a neutral entry point into this debate, so we produced this interactive, which allows our readers to compare the schedules in...

I can't read music but I can parse it. The talent of reading music has always escaped me which is a little ironic considering I grew up in a musical family. However, I've always enjoyed how sheet...