Did you know that, according to IBM, more than 2.5 million terabytes of data is generated every single day? To put this into perspective, one terabyte of data can contain: 17,000 hours of music ...

Web publishing startup Medium has unveiled a handy new data visualization tool called Charted that allows anyone to make beautiful charts in seconds. Medium says Charted was initially built by its ...

It’s an understatement to say that the data visualization sphere has exploded over the past several years. As we look to understand the increasing, mind-bending amount of information that we all ...

Microsoft Research has released SandDance, a free data visualization app that lets you gain insight in your surveys and research projects. Simply fire it up in your browser, upload a data set (TXT, ...

Nishith Sharma is the co-founder of frrole, a social intelligence startup. Raw data is boring and it’s difficult to make sense of it in its natural form. Add visualization to it and you get something ...

An infographic showcasing rappers’ relative vocabularies took first prize at the Information Is Beautiful Awards. See all the top winners here. An eye-catching infographic which maps rappers according ...

Whether public transportation is the bane of your existence, a necessary evil, or your favorite part of modern infrastructure, we all can agree that, at the very least, subway cars and buses make some ...

Data visualization is one of the most delightful trends in media. It’s perfect for skimming and can turn a boring economic analysis into a work of art. Many practitioners are looking for inspiration ...

When Martin Krzywinski took a systems administrator job at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Center, he didn't plan on becoming a pioneer of 21st century biological data visualization. In fact, he didn't ...

The history of scientific discovery is very focused on the discoveries of the West, so it’s wonderful to see this beautiful infographic from Information Is Beautiful, which visualizes what Middle ...