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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Feb 24, 2026
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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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
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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Feb 20, 2026
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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Feb 20, 2026
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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Feb 19, 2026
Risk factors for autism, according to evidence.
all data & sources
https://bit.ly/AutismRisks
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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
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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Feb 19, 2026
Africa population density - very revealing map.
110m people in Egypt, 117m in Ethiopia, Nigeria 227m!
(via reddit)
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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
29th & 30th Apr 🇺🇸 USA timezone
Mon 27th Apr 🇬🇧 LDN in-person
Deets: https://bit.ly/IIBWAB
Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 18, 2026
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@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 18, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 17, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 17, 2026
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@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
·
Feb 17, 2026
Come learn the a different ‘concept-driven’ approach to creating impactful charts & visualisations
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
Reviews: https://geni.us/WABreviews
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 16, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 16, 2026
https://www.instagram.com/the.world.in.maps/p/DE6xYNWM3dl/
by Instagram user: @the.world.in.maps
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 16, 2026
Didn't realise that about the east coast... Topographical map of Australia
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1lzfQMtJi/
by @cstats1
via Instagram user: @discover_our_planet_
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 15, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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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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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 14, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 13, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 13, 2026
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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 12, 2026
Smoking in the USA has reached an historical low. It’s now 11% (vs 45% in the 1950s). For people under 30s, it’s just 6% (vs 35% in the early 2000s)
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@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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
vis.social
@infobeautiful@vis.social
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Feb 12, 2026
#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/dataviz-books/ Created in association with @DataVizSociety #iibwab
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