“Who is the greatest singer?” is something which is debated endlessly. Data alone can’t easily answer this question, however there are data points which can add to the conversation. So, when Head...

It all began with a simple question, “Am I a reader or just another hoarder?”. During the lockdown when all my belongings came to my house, I realized the number of books I owned. So, I decided...

The visualization is created using Tableau software, and some design elements are created with MS PowerPoint. The simple and powerful scatter plot graph analyses three metrics such as Internet...

The clock cycles through the color wheel every 12 hours using only colors I like. The clock also changes brightness every hour so that the half-hour mark is the brightest and the hour-mark is the...

The number of public holidays in a nation and why they are observed may tell us about the historical priorities of its people. How about looking at them from a global perspective?

What do books look like without words?

The Champions League is not just a competition between the best clubs and players in the globe. It’s also a battleground between the biggest football boot brands across the world. A total of 360...

By list and analysis data of my life in chronological order, I got a life trajectory distribution. I divide my life into four main parts, education, family’s activities, friend’s activities and...

"But what about protein?" is perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions to vegetarians. The doubt arises from the simple view - surrounded by problems - that meat and eggs are the main...

The mission of Climate Interactive is to create and share tools that drive effective and equitable climate action. We make climate science accessible to inform climate policy and corporate...

Emotion Park is an experimental data visualization project to see how well machines can analyze song lyrics. The visualization tries to capture the emotion of the song lyrics in the form of a...

This deeply researched piece debunks the popular myth of the Northern route becoming a global shipping artery through the Arctic. Detailed shipping, bathymetric and ice coverage data, presented in...

The Song of Time delves into how individuals spend their time with different groups—friends, partners, parents and family, coworkers, children, and alone—across ages 15 to 85. The visualization...

A vast reservoir of information on human health and behavior lives in our sewage.

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

The Climate Bracelet encodes decades of temperature changes in Arkhangelsk, Russia, using the Warming Stripes method by Ed Hawkins. Each pair of bead rows represents a year, with red for warmer...

How do Americans use their land? Bloomberg’s exploration uses a series of unique 8,000-pixel maps in a distinctive, scrolling web experience. A mash-up of the latest data from the U.S....

Many diseases hold cyclical patterns as a result of climate changes throughout a year. Influenza, or 'the flu', causes the most illnesses in the colder, winter months. However, an outbreak of swine...

Visualising how two million people reach Mecca for the annual pilgrimage. The annual hajj is one of the largest international annual pilgrimages. The 5-day event brings together Muslims from all...

Nearly 27% of the Netherlands is below sea level with a vast network of polders and dykes keeping the North Sea at bay. Where the cyan and magenta shapes meet it reveals this immense area of land...

Style, skills, power, character, charisma. The noble art is much more than a bunch of numbers, but what does data tell us?

Since 2022, global reports of medication shortages have surged, affecting countries like Australia, Canada, USA, China, Japan, and Europe. Antibiotics, critical for saving lives, have been...

Linear, gantt chart style project schedules are not always easy to read for people without a building or project background. This interactive data visualisation provides an alternative project...

“Equal Victims: The Universal Reality of Intimate Partner Violence” is a pioneering initiative designed to address the critical lack of data on intimate partner violence within LGBTQ+ communities...

To celebrate the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the Playfair Data team created Tracking Titans, a longform infographic that alerted fans and sports media in near real-time when track and...

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...

Drone shows are becoming an increasingly popular way for cities to celebrate events. As an alternative to traditional fireworks, they are much safer and eco-friendly. Furthermore, they are...

A series of maps explain how President Assad’s military – backed by Russian warplanes – have been waging a harsh campaign against an array of rebel factions in Syria’s bloody conflict. The...

Understanding the complex data of refugee populations.

Cookies are one of the most misunderstood pieces of the modern web. While technically a cookie is just a simple text (.txt) file stored on your computer when you visit websites, its purposes are...