US Presidential Pardons and Acts of Clemency, 1945-2025graph by Mike Wendling/BBC, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: double bar graph Visualization Source: Wendling, Mike. "Freed Capitol riot ringleaders regroup - and vow 'retribution'." BBC News: January 22, 2025. Data Source: US Justice Department and… Continue reading US Presidential Pardons and Acts of Clemency, 1945-2025
Amazon vs eBay was a close competition -- until it wasn'tgraph by Hyunsoo Rim and David Crowther/Chartr, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Rim, Hyunsoo and David Crowther (2025). "eBay battled tech giants like Amazon and Meta for years. Now… Continue reading Amazon vs eBay was a close competition — until it wasn’t
The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growthgraph by Max Roser/Our World in Data, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Max Roser (2021) - “What is economic growth? And why is it so important?” Published online… Continue reading The History of Book Production in Western Europe: Innovation & Economic Growth
Number of People Per Representative in the US (since nation's founding)graph by Drew DeSilver/Pew Research, slow reveal by Aristotle Ou (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: DeSilver, Drew (2018). "U.S. population keeps growing, but House of Representatives is same size as in Taft era." Pew Research Center: May 31, 2018. Data Source: Pew Research Center"Decennial census (for years… Continue reading Number of People Per Representative in the US (1789-2017)
Type of Worker (In Person, Hybrid, or Remote) in the US by Education Levelgraph by Ben Casselman, Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze/NY Times, slow reveal by Jeremy Knight (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: mosaic plot (infographic), frequency graph Visualization Source: Casselman, Ben, Emma Goldberg, and Ella Koeze. "Who… Continue reading Type of Worker (In Person, Hybrid, or Remote) in the US by Education Level
New #SlowRevealGraph (Not) Everyone Loves Chocolate Looking at the estimated chocolate consumption per capita, and how it compares to the revenue per capita and the total population. Elementary version with weights in pounds encourages fractional reasoning. Elementary version with weights in kilograms encourages reasoning about decimals and proportions. Middle school version uses metric measurement and also includes additional data about ratios and proportions.
New #SlowRevealGraph Netflix Keeps Puling Ahead of the Competition (Paid Streaming Subscribers, by Platform)
New #SlowRevealGraph How much money does LEGO make? What factors contributed to its success?
Why are illegal border crossings at sustained highs?
How much plastic is produced across the world? If we continue with "business as usual," how much plastic will our earth be saddled with by 2060?
More and more climbers are scaling Mount Everest. Something that sounds epic and adventurous can actually cause problems, as overcrowding has resulted in unsafe climbing conditions and mountains of trash.
How big is America's Nepotism? American data scientist and economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz gathered some data about men born in the mid-20th century and their fathers. It looks like certain professions are more prone to yielding Nepo Babies. Plus a great introduction to log scale!
Our World in Data mapped out the UN's predictions for the size of the world population. The rate of change is pretty astounding -- with some interesting twists when we look closer.
What were the most popular English-language articles on wikipedia in 2023? Not to be clickbait-y, but the answers may surprise you...
Martin Armstrong/Statista created a bar graph, sourced from World Atlas data, depicting countries with the most islands. The visual serves as a tool for discussions on large numbers, comparison, scale, and geography.
Americans spend millions on dried mac 'n' cheese mixes per year. How do the sales of selected brands compare?
The number of yearly wildfires in Canada has stayed about the same or decreased. So why is the total yearly emissions from wildfires increasing dramatically?
Smoke from the Canadian fires are impacting people across North America. Have we hit peak fire season yet?
The Arctic sea ice cover grows and shrinks over the course of the year, but it's typically at its greatest coverage during the month of March. How does this look from year to year? How can data encourage us to take action?
How much did Qatar spend on the World Cup? And why is it such a big deal that this is the most expensive World Cup ever?
