20 Fascinating Charts That Make Data Beautiful

Data can be pretty confusing to some, but it can also be absolutely beautiful if presented properly.

Published 4 years ago in Wow

Data can be pretty confusing to some, but it can also be absolutely beautiful if presented properly.

I'll be totally honest here: data makes my head spin. I'm not the greatest at being able to interpret a whole string of numbers, but I can read a chart like a motherf**ker!

While numbers make my head spin, however, they also make the world go 'round. Data dominates our lives these days and data analysis can actually be applied to a LOT of things you may not have even thought of - like references to sex/drugs by characters in a popular TV show.

2
Monopoly probability distribution based on 10 millions dice rolls.

3
"Shower Temperature Compared to Handle Position"
4
The Cost of Sequencing the Human Genome.

5
The popularity of the name ‘Karen’ has seen a dramatic decrease within the last ten years.
6
Hydrogen Electron Clouds in 2D
7
Testing the Accuracy and Precision of a Cheap Decorative Hourglass

8
Women's sexual partners before their first marriage.
9
US College Tuition & Fees vs. Overall Inflation
10
"My pandemic job search for entry level software engineering positions."

11
Nine years of viewing history in Netflix
12
13
"I work at a Golf Course, got bored and wanted to investigate the reasonings behind our 46 1 & 2-star reviews."

14
"I’ve been recording what time the garbage truck picks up my trash using my doorbell camera. It seems roughly every 2 months, they have a “training truck” that comes by much later in the day. Probably a rookie driver is learning how to use the robot arm…"
15
"Which countries produce the most (of my) clothes?"
16
The Simpsons references to drugs / alcohol and sex.

17
After 22 years in the NBA, Vince Carter is retiring from professional basketball. Here's a shot chart for every year he was in the league.
18
Birthdates of US servicemen drafted into the Vietnam War as a result of birthdate lotteries held in 1969, 1970 and 1971
19
I wrote code to search the web for instances of "During these ____ times" written since the beginning of March. After thousands of results, here's my initial findings.