Posts tagged infographics

The Like Log Study by Yury Lifshits.

Interesting social media stats based on Facebook Likes:

  • Among top stories there are only four articles about factual political news and three about celebrities. The most common type of hit stories is opinion/analysis.
  • Decay of engagement is extremely sharp, with less than 20% likes happening after the first 24 hours.
  • Engadget articles have the longest lifespan.*

* I wonder if this will still hold true now that Joshua Topolsky and many others have left Engadget.

To be fair, some Democrats make wonky decisions too. 7 of the 10 richest members of Congress are Democrats, and they all voted to extend the Bush tax cuts. Click through to view that chart. motherjones: It’s the Inequality, Stupid:Eleven charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America. Whoa, this got 2 million hits. Which is crazy, considering that it’s a bunch of wonky charts that have nothing to do with Justin Bieber.

To be fair, some Democrats make wonky decisions too. 7 of the 10 richest members of Congress are Democrats, and they all voted to extend the Bush tax cuts. Click through to view that chart.

motherjones:

It’s the Inequality, Stupid:
Eleven charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America.

Whoa, this got 2 million hits. Which is crazy, considering that it’s a bunch of wonky charts that have nothing to do with Justin Bieber.

theeconomist: Daily Chart: how old is your leader? One much-discussed cause of revolution in the Arab world is the age difference between youthful populations and grizzled leaders. Such a gap is common in autocracies but rarer in democracies. Interesting. I wish they had included Morocco.

theeconomist:

Daily Chart: how old is your leader? One much-discussed cause of revolution in the Arab world is the age difference between youthful populations and grizzled leaders. Such a gap is common in autocracies but rarer in democracies.

Interesting. I wish they had included Morocco.

Are you Vitamin D deficient? This is one of many interesting infographics created by David McCandless for Information Is Beautiful. The picture above is just an excerpt. Click through to view the whole thing. Another one you might enjoy is one that helps you reduce your chances of dying in a plane crash.

Are you Vitamin D deficient?

This is one of many interesting infographics created by David McCandless for Information Is Beautiful. The picture above is just an excerpt. Click through to view the whole thing.

Another one you might enjoy is one that helps you reduce your chances of dying in a plane crash.

Inspired by Bill Rankin’s map of Chicago’s racial and ethnic divides, Eric Fischer created some fascinating infographics for 40 cities. Following Rankin’s method, Fischer’s maps use one color-coded dot to represent 25 people: White is red, Black is blue, Asian is green, Hispanic is orange, and Other is gray. The data comes from the U.S. Census in 2000. The Washington, D.C. metro area is represented above. Detroit is the most striking, with a severe Black and White divide: New York City is also notable: While looking at the other cities, I couldn’t help but notice that the northeast only appeals to White people. See Concord, NH; Portsmouth, NH; Portland, ME; and Burlington, VT. (via Fast Company)

Inspired by Bill Rankin’s map of Chicago’s racial and ethnic divides, Eric Fischer created some fascinating infographics for 40 cities. Following Rankin’s method, Fischer’s maps use one color-coded dot to represent 25 people: White is red, Black is blue, Asian is green, Hispanic is orange, and Other is gray. The data comes from the U.S. Census in 2000.

The Washington, D.C. metro area is represented above.

Detroit is the most striking, with a severe Black and White divide:

New York City is also notable:

While looking at the other cities, I couldn’t help but notice that the northeast only appeals to White people. See Concord, NH; Portsmouth, NH; Portland, ME; and Burlington, VT.

(via Fast Company)

You may have heard of The Giving Pledge: an effort started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet inviting the wealthiest Americans to donate the majority of their net worth to philanthropy. 40 people have signed up so far, and the mint.com blog has created some infographics to show the potential impact of this money. Here are some examples: $125 billion can educate over 80 million children in Africa per year, for 12.5 years, or give clean water to 5 billion people for 200 years! $46.5 billion (Warren Buffet’s pledge) can treat over 1 million people affected with AIDS in Africa per year, for 30 years.

You may have heard of The Giving Pledge: an effort started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet inviting the wealthiest Americans to donate the majority of their net worth to philanthropy. 40 people have signed up so far, and the mint.com blog has created some infographics to show the potential impact of this money. Here are some examples:

  • $125 billion can educate over 80 million children in Africa per year, for 12.5 years, or give clean water to 5 billion people for 200 years!
  • $46.5 billion (Warren Buffet’s pledge) can treat over 1 million people affected with AIDS in Africa per year, for 30 years.
Michael Deal is working on an open collaborative project for his upcoming website chartingthebeatles.com. The image above is one of Michael’s infographics that visualizes the degree of collaboration and distribution of authorship within The Beatles. It’s no surprise that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the most songs, whether alone or together. Although not as prolific, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were responsible for some great songs such as “Something”, “Here Comes The Sun”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Octopus’s Garden”. To join the project, visit the Flickr group.

Michael Deal is working on an open collaborative project for his upcoming website chartingthebeatles.com. The image above is one of Michael’s infographics that visualizes the degree of collaboration and distribution of authorship within The Beatles. It’s no surprise that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the most songs, whether alone or together. Although not as prolific, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were responsible for some great songs such as “Something”, “Here Comes The Sun”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Octopus’s Garden”.

To join the project, visit the Flickr group.

“No More Sounds of Music?” asks GOOD in this appropriately-designed Infographic, produced in collaboration with Design Language. As schools face budget woes, it’s sad that music education is the first to suffer. According to some studies, high school students who receive musical training fare better on their SATs than their tone-deaf counterparts.

“No More Sounds of Music?” asks GOOD in this appropriately-designed Infographic, produced in collaboration with Design Language.

As schools face budget woes, it’s sad that music education is the first to suffer. According to some studies, high school students who receive musical training fare better on their SATs than their tone-deaf counterparts.

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