The subreddit r/dataisbeautiful truly lives up to its name. From global or internet trends to societal issues, this community covers it all in easy-to-understand visualizations that effectively convey otherwise complex information. Each graph, chart, or map has the potential to uncover patterns, expose correlations, or shed light on various topics. No wonder why as of today, over 19M people appreciate this subreddit.
So if you feel that sometimes life is just too difficult to comprehend, hopefully, this list will make you feel at least somewhat at ease knowing that even the most complex things can be summed up in a beautiful visualization.
#1 The Share Of Latin American Women Going To College And Beyond Has Grown 14x In The Past 50 Years. Men’s Share Is Roughly Ten Years Behind Women’s
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#2 São Paulo Cut Its Homicide Rate By 90% And Is Now About As Safe As Boston. Mexico City Is Currently Safer Than Dallas And Denver
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#3 Norway’s Oil Fund vs. Top 10 Billionaires
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#4 Number Of “Birthday” Posts On My Facebook Wall Per Year
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#5 The Bedrock Geology Of North America
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#6 Rotten Tomatoes Score Of Movies By Marvel Studios
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#7 Bad Bunny Is The World’s Highest-Grossing Touring Artist This Year
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#8 The Most Streamed Programs
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#9 Household Ownership Of Consumer Goods In India
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#10 Finland Joins NATO, More Than Doubling The Alliance’s Border With Russia
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#11 Top Googled Games In Europe, December 2022
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#12 The Probability Of Winning A Battle As An Attacker In The Board Game Risk
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#13 Global Wealth Inequality In 2021 Visualized By Comparing The Bottom 80% With Increasingly Smaller Groups At The Top Of The Distribution
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#14 A Detailed Shaded Relief Map Of Manhattan New York Rendered From Lidar Data
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#15 I Asked 1000 People To Take Their Pic For Free On The Street
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#16 Does Healthcare Spending Correlate With Life Expectancy?
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#17 If There Were Only 10 People On Earth, This Is How Wealth Would Be Distributed
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#18 The Cost Of The 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar Is Astronomical, Even When Comparing To The Gdp Of The Host Country In The Host Year
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#19 Dating In The Internet Age: 1995 vs. 2017
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#20 Relative Google Search Interest Of Popular TV Series After Last Episode Air Date
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#21 Size Niches Of Life On Earth
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#22 The Cost Of Cable vs. Top Streaming Subscriptions
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#23 The Rise And Fall (And Rise) Of “Alexa”
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#24 A Comparison Of Nato And Russia’s Military Strength
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#25 Worst Celebrity Private Jet Co2 Emissions Offenders (2022)
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#26 Obesity Rate (%) By Country Over Time
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#27 Population Density Of Egypt
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#28 Estimated Civilian Owned Firearms By Country
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#29 Bolivia’s Infant Mortality Has Dropped Below The World’s Average
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#30 Much Of Latin America Has Caught Up To The 90%+ Literacy Rate The Us Has Had Since 1900
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#31 Most Spoken Languages In The World
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#32 How To Mathematically Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors
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#33 Us States Sorted By Life Expectancy, Colored By Biden’s Share Of The 2020 Presidential Election
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#34 Do You Belief In Ghosts?
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#35 The Popularity Of The Name “Mabel” In The United States Skyrocketed After Gravity Falls Came Out
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#36 Map Showing The Latest Situation In Ukraine Today With Territory Gained By Russia
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#37 Updated Size Of Bank Failures Since 2000
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#38 My 2-Month Long Job Search As A Software Engineer With 4 Yeo
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#39 The Slow Decline Of Key Changes In Popular Music
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#40 For The First Time, Fewer Than Half Of Americans Say They “Know God Really Exists” And Have “No Doubts About It”
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#41 Netflix’s 2021 Fiscal Year, Visualized
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#42 Boys vs. Girl Pixar Movies?
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#43 Update – 2.5 Years Of My GF And I Tracking The Sleep Quality Impact Of Various Choices/Behaviours. These Were The 9 Most Significant Effects. Note – White Dash Indicates The % Effect 5 Months Ago
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#44 My Daughter’s Complete First Year Of Sleep
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#45 The Absolute Quality Of Better Call Saul
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#46 Price Of Full Tank Of Gasoline (60 L) As A Percentage Of Average Monthly Net Salary Across The World
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#47 How Long Did You Wait Before
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#48 USA: Who Do We Spend Time With Across Our Lifetimes?
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#49 Titanic Survival By Gender And Class. Learning R For The First Time And The Power Of Ggplot
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#50 The Longest-Running TV Shows Of All-Time
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#51 Layoffs In The Tech Industry Over The Last Month For Selected Companies
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#52 One-In-Five Teens Are Almost Constantly On Youtube
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#53 U.S. Counties With More People Than The State Of Wyoming
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#54 Highest Paid Actors For A Single Production
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#55 Covid Is The #1 Cop Killer In The United States
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#56 Top Human-Caused Threats To Birds In The Us
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#57 The Percent Of Americans Who Believe Abortion Should Be Illegal (1975-2020)
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#58 Twitter Sentiment On Will Smith Before And After Slap
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#59 Amazon Has 40% Of All E-Commerce Sales In The Us
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#60 Convenience Store Chain With The Most Locations In Each State
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#61 How Long Ago Were The Hottest And Coldest Years On Record Around The World
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#62 The Leading Causes Of Death Among Children In The Us, Ages 5–14
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#63 iPhone Is Only 14% Of Global Smartphone Volume Share (Left) And 42% Of Revenue Share (Mid), But It’s 80% Of Profit Share (Right)
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#64 The U.S. House Of Representatives Voted Tuesday To Statutorily Codify Gay Marriage Into Law. The Vote Was 267 Yes, 157 No. Here’s How Every Member Voted
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#65 Japan’s Population Problem, Visualized
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#66 Distribution Of Tweets From The Mexican President By Hour Of The Day
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#67 Everyone Thinks They Are Middle Class
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#68 Message Frequency By Daytime For Some Of My Chats
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#69 Richest Billionaire In Each State
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#70 A Simple Chart About The Kinds Of Dms This Username (Pm-Ur-Small-Tits) Has Gotten Me Over The Past Three Weeks
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#71 Covid-19 Accounted For More Line-Of-Duty Police Deaths Last Year Than All Other Causes Combined
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#72 Us Government Revenue, Spending, And Deficit In 2021
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#73 Surge In Egg Prices In The U.S
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#74 Japan’s Work To Reduce Homelessness
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#75 Which Media Organizations Are Trusted More By Democrats And By Republicans
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#76 Wes Anderson Films And Their Actors
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#77 Actors/Actresses With The Most Oscar Wins
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#78 The Most Watched Netflix Shows
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#79 50 Biggest Fast Food Chains By 2021 Number Of Stores In Us
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#80 How Americans View Flags In 2022
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#81 Obituaries Saying Someone “Died Suddenly” Closely Track Opioid Deaths
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#82 Herschel Walker Makes Everything Worse
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#83 My Steam Account For The Last Year Has Had Numerous Hacking Attempts. I Decided To Graph The Origins Of Each Attempt On A Map
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#84 Percentage Of Popualtion Who Believe In God
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#85 Fall And Rise Of The New York Times
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#86 Most Streamed Artists On Spotify (All Time)
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#87 I Recorded The Race Of All 433 Actors In The 2022 Super Bowl Commercials. Here’s How They Compare To The Actual Us Population
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#88 My Job Search As A Newly Qualified Paramedic In The UK
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#89 Costco Hot Dog Combo vs. Inflation
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#90 Comparing The Gdp Of Us States With That Of Countries
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#91 Costco’s 2022 Income Statement Visualized With A Sankey Diagram
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#92 Costco Hotdog & Soda Combo Price 1985 vs. 2022
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#93 How Probable Is ……?
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#94 The Highs And Lows Of Popular Comedy Shows
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#95 No-One Wants Me To Stay Safe Anymore: The Rise And Fall Of The Pandemic Email Signoff
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#96 India Overtakes China To Become The World’s Most Populous Nation
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#97 The Structural Advantage Held By The Republican Party In The Us Senate
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