Information Is Beautiful

Data visualizations & information graphics by David McCandless. Plus favourite finds from around the web. Making sense of the world - well, trying to - since 2009. Check out Beautiful News (npub1mjn…3c3z) for positive trends & stats

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2026-07-11 18:55:03 UTC

Should you trust that doctor? (maybe more relevant today than ever)
(by instagram user @sheadoodles)
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2026-06-08 16:55:03 UTC

Guess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :(
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2026-05-26 11:55:03 UTC

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2026-05-25 18:55:04 UTC

How reliable is the US weather temperature forecast? Didn't know that about Florida.
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2026-05-25 14:55:06 UTC

Every year(ish), since 2009, we’ve been gathering and visualising billions mentioned in news headlines and reports. These gargantuan numbers often make little sense unless put in context and comparison with other billions. Here’s the latest 2026 edition.
interactive version
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-gram/
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2026-05-25 14:55:04 UTC

Rising up. In 1960, life expectancy in nearly every African nation sat below 50. By 2025, nearly every one sits above 55. That's not a trend. That's a transformation.
via Beautiful News
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/
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2026-05-25 11:55:04 UTC

Cool vintage timeline of historical empires
(via reddit)
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2026-05-24 14:55:04 UTC

Interesting. The evolution of conflict in literature / society
(by Instagram user: @grantdraws)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBOlpAuRj9c/
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2026-05-24 00:55:03 UTC

Participatory tax return from Australia shows exactly where one's tax money goes...
(from Reddit user: u/heapsgoods)
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2026-05-23 18:55:03 UTC

Visualizing the USA's $29 trillion economy by state. California is now the 4th largest economy in the world, recently surpassing Japan.
https://www.voronoiapp.com/economy/Visualizing-Americas-29-Trillion-Economy--4103
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2026-05-23 11:55:03 UTC

Beautiful UK rainfall-as-elevation map
Wind direction plays a big role in UK rain.
(By Alasdair Rae @undertheraedar)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alasdair-rae-17640a124_reposting-my-great-britain-rainfall-map-in-activity-7350067721176317952-zOAz/
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2026-05-22 18:55:03 UTC

LA for New Yorkers. True?
(creqtor: Unknown)
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2026-05-22 14:55:03 UTC

Every school pick up ever
by @mattshurelee
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2026-05-21 18:55:03 UTC

In 1975, just 50 years ago, one in three young women worldwide couldn't read. Today, nine in ten can. That’s the highest level in human history.
via Beautiful News
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/
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2026-05-21 16:55:04 UTC

Headache-inducing map of the world where only land borders matter
(by Fernando Gómez via @Civixplorer)
https://x.com/Civixplorer/status/2010747261467410503
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2026-05-21 11:55:05 UTC

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2026-05-20 22:55:04 UTC

400,000 → near zero. Polio cases worldwide, 1980 to 2023. One of humanity's quietest victories.
via Beautiful News
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/
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2026-05-20 18:55:04 UTC

Paris Texas?
By Reddit user: u/GreenSquirrel-7
made using https://thetruesize.com
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2026-05-20 16:55:05 UTC

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2026-05-20 14:55:05 UTC

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPzHKnCkWyL
by Instgram user: @the.world.in.maps
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2026-05-20 11:55:04 UTC

Sweet international #dataviz contest for kids aged 7-12 saw entries from 56 countries. Helping parents to develop critical and analytical thinking in their children.
Gallery:
https://data2kids.com/en/gallery
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2026-05-19 22:55:03 UTC

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2026-05-19 20:55:03 UTC

Some data on Ebola 🦠
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2026-05-19 18:55:05 UTC

https://www.instagram.com/p/DR2h-5gCZQF/
by @WaHouseGOP
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2026-05-19 14:55:04 UTC

https://www.gsma.com/get-involved/gsma-membership/gsma_resources/illustrating-the-global-reach-of-5g/
by @Speedtest (Ookla)
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2026-05-19 11:55:03 UTC

Africa's electricity access, country by country. Some leaps. Some crawls. One notable slide backwards. But a massive shift over just 10 years.
source: World Bank
by reddit user cavedave
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2026-05-18 16:55:05 UTC

France, Malta and Luxembourg have joined the 157 nations who recognise a Palestinian state (81% of all UN member states)
source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/middleeast/palestinian-state-recognition-maps.html
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2026-05-18 14:55:04 UTC

Average male height by country plotted over 100 years
by Reddit user: u/CalculateQuick
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2026-05-16 16:55:03 UTC

A different perspective...
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2026-05-16 14:55:03 UTC

Charting human migration over deep time
(via https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/media/2013-01-a-walk-through-time)
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2026-05-16 11:55:03 UTC

Africa is BIG
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2026-05-15 18:55:03 UTC

Keeping it toasty coast to coast: How the US keeps the cold at bay
https://www.maps.com/home-heating-fuels/
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2026-05-15 16:55:03 UTC

Consensus on the Top 50 albums of all time - agree?
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2026-05-14 18:55:04 UTC

Why not?
(by reddit user: @GetDownAndBoogieNow)
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2026-05-14 16:55:03 UTC

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2026-05-14 14:55:04 UTC

"Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free"
via @simongerman600 and @Civixplorer
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2026-05-14 11:55:03 UTC

The Cloudiest Place
https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-cloudiest-place
by Instagram user: @theeuropeancorrespondent
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2026-05-13 20:55:03 UTC

Some data on the Hantavirus 🦠
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2026-05-13 18:55:04 UTC

What do you call the people from various US states?
by instagram user: @the.world.in.maps
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLFWYnOotCN/
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2026-05-13 16:55:03 UTC

We created a fake 'good news' version of the New York Times homepage. All factually correct. A different way of seeing the news.
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/news/nygoodtimes/
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2026-05-13 14:55:05 UTC

30 days of global earthquakes in one 3D map
https://earthquakes.peterhunt.uk/
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2026-05-12 22:55:04 UTC

Woah Australia - Global cancer rates in people under 50
Source: World Health Org
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2026-05-12 18:55:03 UTC

Countries that impose permanent, lifelong taxation on all their citizens, no matter where they live in the world. That's Eritrea.
by Reddit user: u/FunForm1981
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2026-05-12 16:55:03 UTC

2026-05-12 14:55:07 UTC

What American's die from vs What US Media reports on...
by @npub13d5…jy8h
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2026-05-12 11:55:03 UTC

Britain Net Migration, drivers:
: 2020 Brexit
: 2021 new points-based immigration system
: mostly those on study visas (39% of influx)
: rise in Health & Care Workers visas
: those fleeing Ukraine & Hong Kong
Amplified by extra ‘pent-up’ demand for movement post-pandemic
(Via: The Economist)
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2026-05-11 16:55:03 UTC

NOTE: Same % of country (12%), not size. Florida & the US Atlantic states (1.1 million sq km) are much larger than Russian-occupied Ukraine (120K sq km)
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2026-05-11 14:55:05 UTC

Global streaming revenue of music still hasn't eclipsed what physical sales used to reap. Though this should probably be plotted against 'musicians average earnings'. Most of this revenue presumably is going to record companies and other industry behemoths.
(source: unknown)
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2026-05-10 18:55:03 UTC

Highest grossing film trilogies
by Reddit user: u/Icy_Smoke_733
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2026-05-09 22:55:04 UTC

Some better news coming out of the USA. Cancer survival rates at an historic high 📈
source: US National Institutes of Health
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2026-05-09 16:55:04 UTC

An estimated 1.6 million casualties in 4 years of the terrible #ukraine war 🇺🇦
data & sources
https://geni.us/IIB-UkraineData
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2026-05-09 14:55:03 UTC

Half of me understands this. Half doesn't. Both sides enjoyed it.
by @curaffairs
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2026-05-08 16:55:05 UTC

#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/dataviz-books/
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2026-05-08 14:55:03 UTC

The eternal cycle of adulthood
by @mattshurelee
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2026-05-08 11:55:03 UTC

Well, what do you call it?
by @WorldInMaps
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2026-05-07 16:55:03 UTC

If data centres were a country...
via @the_imf
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2026-05-07 14:55:04 UTC

Demographic time bombs ahoy! Woah China.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-most-populous-countries-2025-2100p/
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2026-05-06 18:55:03 UTC

The biggest source of power in every North American state & province
by Reddit user: u/Orennia
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2026-05-06 16:55:03 UTC

WTF is a stone?
by Reddit user u/rwired
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2026-05-06 14:55:04 UTC

2025 in one graphic. Inflation!
by @axios
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2026-05-05 16:55:04 UTC

2026-05-05 14:55:05 UTC

The land footprint of food
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
by @EurCorrespond
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2026-05-05 14:55:05 UTC

2026-05-04 18:55:03 UTC

The Art of Gerrymandering - visualized
by Instagram user: @datastuffplus
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2026-05-04 16:55:03 UTC

We were curious...
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2026-05-04 11:55:03 UTC

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2026-05-02 16:55:04 UTC

Most of the world’s solar panels are fixed in one position. But what if they tracked the movement of the sun?
http://beautifulne.ws/1343 #bnews
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2026-05-02 11:55:03 UTC

Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
source: Wikipedia
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2026-05-01 14:55:03 UTC

Timeline of every Star Wars film and show - wiith Jar Jar filter
interactive:
https://erik.nz/sw/
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2026-04-30 14:55:03 UTC

Love these population density spike maps
by https://www.instagram.com/researchremora/?hl=en
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2026-04-29 18:55:04 UTC

May I present to you, the Potsdam Gravity Potato?
Areas of the earth where the gravitational field is mysteriously weaker (blue) or stronger (orange)
via @earthlymission
https://earthlymission.com/the-potsdam-gravity-potato/
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2026-04-29 14:55:06 UTC

How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
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2026-04-28 16:57:36 UTC

Still a chance to join our next Create Impactful #Infographics training tomorrow
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2026-04-27 18:55:03 UTC

Far more unites us than divides us. A study of 86,000 people reveals remarkable similarity in moral attitudes, values and trust across all ages, demographics & groups
Study https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-66320-001.html
OG http://beautifulne.ws/781 #bnews
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2026-04-26 16:55:03 UTC

How the world will look in 250 million years
(via reddit https://bit.ly/IIBWorld250)
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2026-04-26 14:55:03 UTC

Is Gambia the strangest-shaped country?
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2026-04-24 22:55:03 UTC

Still a chance to join our next Create Impactful #Infographics training
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone
Deets: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB
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2026-04-24 18:55:03 UTC

The United States of Canada :)
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2026-04-24 14:55:04 UTC

What mood will your TV detective be in?
by Alasdair Beckett-King
https://x.com/MisterABK/status/1531594950504235009
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2026-04-23 18:55:05 UTC

Billions, Trillions & a dollop of 'evidence-based optimism'. Our March newsletter. Check it out:
https://view.flodesk.com/emails/69b841bf29ae7213c1ece425
Follow us here
https://infobeautiful.myflodesk.com/newsletter
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2026-04-23 16:55:04 UTC

Checks out
(by reddit user halfeatenscone)
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2026-04-23 14:55:04 UTC

Meta's insane profit margin
(by @SankeyArt)
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2026-04-22 16:55:04 UTC

Found this Simpsons episode guide useful
https://episodehive.com/tv-shows/the-simpsons
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2026-04-22 12:55:04 UTC

World's most contagious falsehoods
See all 70
https://bit.ly/IIB-Mythconceptions
data & sources
bit.ly/KIB_Mythconception
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2026-04-21 14:55:03 UTC

Are we alone in the universe? 👽 The Drake Equation reveals the statistical chance of life on other planets. Fine tune the variables in our interactive https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-drake-equation/
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2026-04-21 11:55:05 UTC

Really liked these Radiohead song visualisations, using MIDI data & colour intensities to give each song a beautiful digital signature
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd6imkVjWle/
Interactive https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/marcin3282/viz/Radiohead_DataMusic/RadioheadInRainbows
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2026-04-20 19:55:03 UTC

Last few seats remaining for our How to Create Impactful #Infographics training intensive
2 x virtual half days:
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone
Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person (SOLD OUT)
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2026-04-20 16:55:07 UTC

Great films fact-checked and visualised scene by scene. Is there really such a thing as a “true” true story in Hollywood? https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a-true-true-story/
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2026-04-20 14:55:05 UTC

World map of paper sizes
(creator: unknown)
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2026-04-19 16:55:03 UTC

World's richest actors. Any surprises?
(by @edudwarcom)
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2026-04-19 14:55:03 UTC

Har har yes
(by Instagram user @art_storefronts)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG3LqmtM64E/
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2026-04-18 22:55:03 UTC

Accurate...
(creator: unknown)
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2026-04-18 11:55:03 UTC

Frequency of red hair in Europe
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2026-04-17 18:55:03 UTC

New dates & rare live in-person session! Learn how to turn data into beautiful charts, graphics & stories:
2 x virtual half days:
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone
Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person (SOLD OUT)
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2026-04-17 14:55:06 UTC

WARNING! This image may trigger PINSecurity. From an analysis of 3.4m PIN codes leaked from several data breaches https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-common-pin-codes/
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2026-04-16 22:55:03 UTC

Some good USA deals on our beautiful books out there
📘 20% off Beautiful News - https://geni.us/BNEWS
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2026-04-16 11:55:04 UTC

Ever heard of the Butter Line?
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2026-04-15 16:55:04 UTC

We use this prism in our workshops to help create an impactful, communicable, beautiful #infographic
Learn more in our forthcoming seminars:
2 x virtual half days:
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone
Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person (SOLD OUT)
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2026-04-15 16:55:03 UTC

So many thoughts & questions about this one. The U.S. stands out globally for its steep decline and also the growing divide in how men and women perceive the issue, particularly distinct in the 15-44 age group.
More analysis https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/gender-gaps-respect-women-worldwide
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2026-04-15 14:55:03 UTC