One of the most well-known early examples of data visualization was a flow ... charts, histograms, and scatter plots. Hierarchical: These visualizations show how groups relate to one another. Tree ...

Instead of telling people about a story/data/information, show them. Humans are inherently programmed to respond to the visual and our brains process images 60,000 times faster than text.

Photography has yielded many iconic images, but what are the most iconic data graphics? FastCoLabs asked the authors of some of the web’s top visualization ... the Ebb and Flow Streamgraph ...

The Washington Post today introduced its latest data-centric feature, “How To Read This Chart,” a newsletter that dives into the data behind the week’s news. Each Saturday at 10 a.m. ET ...

Matt Daniels created a brilliant data visualization that presented 26 ... long as it held down the number one slot on the Billboard chart. The top five tracks move up and down the scrolling ...