Data Is Beautiful (20 Charts & Graphs)

This is quickly becoming my favorite post to put together. I’ve actually learned quite a bit already. Soon I’ll have all the data. Then, when I am the smartest person in the world, I will finally kill The Batman.

1. Leonardo DiCaprio Refuses to Date a Woman His Age

2. Monthly global temperature between 1850 and 2019 (compared to 1961-1990 average monthly temperature). It has been more than 25 years since a month has been cooler than normal.

u/neilrkaye

3. Britain’s electricity generation mix over the last 100 years.

u/IainStaffell

4. 50 best selling albums worldwide.

u/neilrkaye

5. Trajectories of 400+ different paper shapes dropped from the same point.

u/th533

6.

2 years of photosynthesis, as seen from space [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

7.

[OC] The Earth seen from geostationary orbit at 4 um in the IR. I processed over 200 GB of data to make this video. from r/dataisbeautiful

8. Daily messaging frequency with my gf looks like NY (almost a year)

u/User14235867

9. Percent population change in the US from 2010 to 2018 by county.

u/jinkinson

10. Average World Temperature since 1850.

u/cavedave

11. I tracked my life for (almost) a year.

u/vros1607

12. How Old are the Women of Mambo Number 5?

u/Crash_Recovery

13.

Python Sorting Algorithm Visualizer (Using Tim Sort Algorithm) [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

14.

An average of every mood diary submitted to this subreddit [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

15. Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts.

u/antiloopje

16. Plot of the age of the oldest known living person over time, blue shaded areas are male, pink are female.

u/erik530

17. Difficult achievements: space vs. sailing vs. alpinism.

u/MysteriousConstant

18.

Summary of daily global mean temperature in 2019 [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

19. I recorded every time my coworker said “no joke” in the last 4 months.

u/lightskin_jew

20. Every county I’ve ever been to. (I’m a nerd and track counties for a hobby)

u/lanegandy

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Mike

Mike Primavera

Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome