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We’ve updated SnakeOil, our interactive “balloon race” visualization of the scientific evidence for over 100 nutritional INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFULABOUTBLOGDATAONLINE TRAININGBOOKSCONTACT Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations COVID-19 #CORONAVIRUS INFOGRAPHIC DATAPACK In the US, black and Latino people are 3x more likely to be *infected* by Coronavirus (according to a new analysis of 640,000 infections by the NYTimes – who sued the CDC to get the data). Multiple factors are at play. BAME populations may: : have front-line jobs that keep them working from home, increasing exposure. WORLD’S BIGGEST DATA BREACHES & HACKS Data visualization of the world biggest data breaches, leaks and hacks. Constantly updated. Powered by VizSweet.

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LEFT VS RIGHT (WORLD) Left vs Right (World) » Check out our beautiful books. » Learn to be a dataviz ninja: Workshops are Beautiful. » Be the first to know: join our VIP Newsletter. Credits: Concept & Research: David McCandless Design: David McCandless & Stefanie Posavec. Topics: Ideas & Perception. Our monthly newsletter. RHETOLOGICAL FALLACIES A complete interactive list of logical fallacies & rhetorical devices with examples. Code by @omidpyc. Learn to Create Impactful Infographics. The word ‘rhetological’ is made up. TOP 500 MOST COMMON PASSWORDS VISUALIZED Interactive visualization by VizSweet. Also, after some deep analysis, we’ve discovered that passwords fit into 11 categories. See what they are. This interactive Word Cloud is powered by our forthcoming VizSweet software – a set of high-end dataviz tools for generating interactive visualizations.

LEFT VS RIGHT V1.5

Left vs Right v1.5. An update of our fabled Left vs Right concept map. Written and art-directed by David McCandless. Designed by Stefanie Posavec. I’ve finally updated this image after lengthy (and sometimes heated) discussion with right wingers. The goal was to smooth out my biases, really. As a left-leaning journalistic type, I

had subtly

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We’ve updated SnakeOil, our interactive “balloon race” visualization of the scientific evidence for over 100 nutritional ABOUT — INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL Founded by David McCandless, author of two bestselling infographics books, Information is Beautiful is dedicated to helping you make clearer, more informed decisions about the world.All our visualizations are based on facts and data: constantly updated, revised and revisioned. DATA VISUALIZATION TRAINING about David. David McCandless is a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer. His best-selling infographic-books Information Is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful are dedicated to visualising ideas, issues, knowledge and data.. His information design work has appeared in hundreds of publications internationally and online including The Guardian, Wired, and the BBC. WORLD DATA VISUALIZATION PRIZE World Data Visualization Prize. Championing the Power of Data Visualization. In partnership with the World Government Summit. We supply the themes and the data. You create a beautiful, intuitive data visualization that tells a story or reveals something interesting. The winners receive cash prizes, international press coverage, and the

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LEFT VS RIGHT (WORLD) Left vs Right (World) » Check out our beautiful books. » Learn to be a dataviz ninja: Workshops are Beautiful. » Be the first to know: join our VIP Newsletter. Credits: Concept & Research: David McCandless Design: David McCandless & Stefanie Posavec. Topics: Ideas & Perception. Our monthly newsletter. TOP 500 MOST COMMON PASSWORDS VISUALIZED Interactive visualization by VizSweet. Also, after some deep analysis, we’ve discovered that passwords fit into 11 categories. See what they are. This interactive Word Cloud is powered by our forthcoming VizSweet software – a set of high-end dataviz tools for generating interactive visualizations. WHAT MAKES A GOOD DATA VISUALIZATION? What Makes A Good Data Visualization? Hi there. I’m David McCandless, creator of this site and author of two infographic mega-tomes, Information is Beautiful (2009) and Knowledge is Beautiful (2014). I’ve created a lot of data and information visualizations. Around 540 over six years. (An eye-bleeding, marriage-crumpling

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Very sad to hear that Hans Rosling has passed away.Such a grand ninja of dataviz. His spectacular talks convinced me that data stories could be enlightening, illuminating, and entertaining – INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFULABOUTBLOGDATAONLINE TRAININGBOOKSCONTACT Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations COVID-19 #CORONAVIRUS INFOGRAPHIC DATAPACK UPDATE 14th Apr: Pulled trajectories chart while we work on a new version. UPDATE 1st Apr: Added interactive, generative Fatality Rates by Country (updates twice a day). Thanks to Univers Labs for great work. UPDATE 30th Mar: Added interactive, generative Infection Trajectories (updates twice

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WORLD’S BIGGEST DATA BREACHES & HACKS Data visualization of the world biggest data breaches, leaks and hacks. Constantly updated. Powered by VizSweet. DATA VISUALIZATION TRAINING about David. David McCandless is a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer. His best-selling infographic-books Information Is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful are dedicated to visualising ideas, issues, knowledge and data.. His information design work has appeared in hundreds of publications internationally and online including The Guardian, Wired, and the BBC. LEFT VS RIGHT (WORLD) Left vs Right (World) — Information is Beautiful WHEN SEA LEVELS ATTACK! When Sea Levels Attack! — Information is Beautiful SNAKE OIL SUPERFOODS? SNAKE OIL SUPPLEMENTS Do echinacea & Vitamin C kill colds? Will turmeric, goji berries or wheatgrass help you live to 150? The supplements that pass randomised, controlled trialsand the ones that are snake oil. SNAKE OIL? SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS play with the interactive version. UPDATE 5 – 8th Jan 2014 – Lots of new research and studies – don’t miss the interactive UPDATE 2 – 1st October 2010 –Top to bottom revise of the data.See the change log for details. UPDATE 1 – 21st March 2010 – We’ve updated our data thanks to excellent visitor feedback and new evidence. See the change log for details. INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFULABOUTBLOGDATAONLINE TRAININGBOOKSCONTACT Distilling the world's data, information & knowledge into beautiful infographics & visualizations COVID-19 #CORONAVIRUS INFOGRAPHIC DATAPACK UPDATE 14th Apr: Pulled trajectories chart while we work on a new version. UPDATE 1st Apr: Added interactive, generative Fatality Rates by Country (updates twice a day). Thanks to Univers Labs for great work. UPDATE 30th Mar: Added interactive, generative Infection Trajectories (updates twice

BEAUTIFUL NEWS

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WORLD’S BIGGEST DATA BREACHES & HACKS Data visualization of the world biggest data breaches, leaks and hacks. Constantly updated. Powered by VizSweet. DATA VISUALIZATION TRAINING about David. David McCandless is a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer. His best-selling infographic-books Information Is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful are dedicated to visualising ideas, issues, knowledge and data.. His information design work has appeared in hundreds of publications internationally and online including The Guardian, Wired, and the BBC. LEFT VS RIGHT (WORLD) Left vs Right (World) — Information is Beautiful WHEN SEA LEVELS ATTACK! When Sea Levels Attack! — Information is Beautiful SNAKE OIL SUPERFOODS? SNAKE OIL SUPPLEMENTS Do echinacea & Vitamin C kill colds? Will turmeric, goji berries or wheatgrass help you live to 150? The supplements that pass randomised, controlled trialsand the ones that are snake oil. SNAKE OIL? SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS play with the interactive version. UPDATE 5 – 8th Jan 2014 – Lots of new research and studies – don’t miss the interactive UPDATE 2 – 1st October 2010 –Top to bottom revise of the data.See the change log for details. UPDATE 1 – 21st March 2010 – We’ve updated our data thanks to excellent visitor feedback and new evidence. See the change log for details. ABOUT — INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL Founded by David McCandless, author of two bestselling infographics books, Information is Beautiful is dedicated to helping you make clearer, more informed decisions about the world.All our visualizations are based on facts and data: constantly updated, revised and revisioned. MEET OUR BEAUTIFUL TEAM! Based in Italy. Trained designer, self-taught coder. When not working for IIB, can be found teaching at a design school, consulting for a company or putting together a personal datavizor maybe at the espresso machine.Favorite weapons: creative thinking, illustrator & D3. DATA VISUALIZATION TRAINING about David. David McCandless is a London-based author, data-journalist and information designer. His best-selling infographic-books Information Is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful are dedicated to visualising ideas, issues, knowledge and data.. His information design work has appeared in hundreds of publications internationally and online including The Guardian, Wired, and the BBC.

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