Information Is Beautiful

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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 @beautifulnews@vis.social for positive trends & stats

#InformationIsBeautiful #KnowledgeIsBeautiful #DataViz #iiblive #davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · 1d ago

Beautiful hand-drawn map of UK in Lord of the Rings / Tolkien style

by Reddit user: u/NACHODYNAMYTE
https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/1oseuzg/a_map_of_great_britain_handdrawn_by_myself_using/

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · 3d ago

Which companies have the best work/life balance?

by The Economist

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 12, 2026

Amazon rainforest deforestation falls to a 9 year low. But still much to do...

via https://www.instagram.com/chartrdaily/p/DCXUmyHvtii/

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 12, 2026

How powerful is your passport?

by The Economist

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 12, 2026

Topographical map of Europe

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 12, 2026

Six ways to divide England *linguistically*

by @starkeycomics

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 11, 2026

The sudden collapse of Westeros, the sudden death of a TV show...

(IMDb ratings)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 10, 2026

Lord of the Rings characters: screen time vs mentions in the book.

The further from the dotted line, the further off trend.

By reddit user austinw-8 https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/Dw7XqDxyEB

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 10, 2026

Year 4 of this terrible #Ukrainewar. Europe has now given more military aid than any other bloc #Ukraine...

(source: @kielinstitute Ukraine Support Tracker)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 09, 2026

Increasing power of different fireworks - visualized!

(by Reddit user: u/Closed_Aperture)
https://bit.ly/RedditFireworks

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 08, 2026

Design costs (classic!)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 08, 2026

Adding a third celestial body to a gravitational system makes things wildly chaotic and unpredictable. Hence the 'Three Body Problem'. Some beautiful examples of periodic 3-body systems:

(via instagram user data__is__beautiful)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 06, 2026

Seems to fit?

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 06, 2026

Because vaccines work

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 04, 2026

Why it can take 2 months to get an appointment in the UK’s National Health Service. Useful & illuminating #infographic in the wild. (by reddit user JetPac76)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 02, 2026

Curve fitting methods & what they say https://xkcd.com/2048/

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 02, 2026

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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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Mar 01, 2026

How the makeup of US households have changed 1960 vs today

(by @VisualCapitalist)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 26, 2026

Checks out...

(by @mattsurelee)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 26, 2026

There's still time. Right?

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 26, 2026

Interesting

(via @Visualcapitalist)
https://www.voronoiapp.com/public-opinion/Causes-of-Death-Official-Statistics-VS-Media-Share-6884

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 26, 2026

Join @infobeautiful@vis.social founder David McCandless for a rare in-person training in LDN 🇬🇧 and learn his concept-driven approach to data-visualisation:

Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 London

Deets: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB
Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 25, 2026

It's fun to learn how to create impactful #infographics & data-visuals. Discover how to create images like these at our next workshops

2 x virtual half days:
25th & 26th Mar 🇬🇧 UK/EU/AUS
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone

Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person

Details: https://geni.us/WAB2024
Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews
Discounts available

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 24, 2026

% of Ukraine occupied by Russia 2022-2025 #ukrainewar

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 24, 2026

Year 4 of this terrible #Ukrainewar. Europe has now given more military aid than any other bloc #Ukraine...

(source: @kielinstitute Ukraine Support Tracker)

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 24, 2026

Revealing cross section of a road in England

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Information Is Beautiful

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 23, 2026

Interesting way of visualizing government budgets
via https://usafacts.org/reports/annual-report/

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 21, 2026

Last few seats remaining for our How to Create Impactful #Infographics training intensive

2 x virtual half days:
25th & 26th Mar 🇬🇧 UK/EU/AUS
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone

Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person

Deets: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB
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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 21, 2026

The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city

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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 @ beautifulnews for positive trends & stats # InformationIsBeautiful # KnowledgeIsBeautiful # DataViz # iiblive # davidmccandless

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 20, 2026

US childhood vaccination rates continue to drop. 95% → ~92%: Small numbers, big implications for public health 💉

(source New York Times @nytimes)

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 20, 2026

Top human-caused threats to birds in the USA - excluding Thanksgiving & Xmas

via https://usafacts.org/

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 20, 2026

Christopher Nolan's hand-drawn map of Inception

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 19, 2026

At a glance, Canada looks vast and evenly spread but when you divide the country by population, the picture changes dramatically...

by @the.world.in.maps

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 19, 2026

Risk factors for autism, according to evidence.

all data & sources
https://bit.ly/AutismRisks

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 19, 2026

Faces of men, averaged from thousands of photos

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 19, 2026

Africa population density - very revealing map. 110m people in Egypt, 117m in Ethiopia, Nigeria 227m! (via reddit)

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 18, 2026

New dates & rare live in-person session! Learn how to turn data into beautiful charts, graphics & stories:

2 x virtual half days:
25th & 26th Mar 🇬🇧 UK/EU/AUS
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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 18, 2026

What Americans die from vs. what's reported in the media

by @ourworldindata@vis.social

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 18, 2026

A spot in the Gurbantünggüt Desert approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of the city of Ürümqi, in Xinjiang region, China, is (likely) the farthest point in the world from any coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Continental_poles_of_inaccessibility

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 18, 2026

Cupcakes. Movies. Vacations. Younger brits are using more americanisms

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 17, 2026

A timely reminder

by Jono Hey of @Sketchplanations
https://sketchplanations.com/

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 17, 2026

One flight, two map projections

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 17, 2026

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 16, 2026

The age you peak

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 16, 2026

https://www.instagram.com/the.world.in.maps/p/DE6xYNWM3dl/

by Instagram user: @the.world.in.maps

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 16, 2026

Didn't realise that about the east coast... Topographical map of Australia
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1lzfQMtJi/

via Instagram user: @discover_our_planet_

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 15, 2026

Most offensive types of pillow cases

via @beckybarnicomics@www.threads.com

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 14, 2026

Enjoy a random chart from our Beautiful News project - visualizing the amazing progressive & positive things happening around the world. Click the link for a random visual:
https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/random

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 14, 2026

Love a revealing cut-away!

(from a London Transport Museum poster by Gavin Dunn)

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@infobeautiful@vis.social · Feb 13, 2026

Rotation periods & speeds of the planets

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/hd0azf/the_relative_sidereal_rotation_periods_of_planets/

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