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College Football Recruiting

Author: Scott Wasserman published on Tableau Software

This year's national championship might have just been decided, but the struggle for years of future domination has already started. The recruiting wars are in full swing. Use this viz to see how your team stacks up.

Tale of 100

Author: Christian Chabot published on Wall Street Journal

How fast do successful tech companies grow? The Wall Street Journal posted this visualization that compares the performance of 100 of the largest publicly traded software companies across more than three decades.

Tech IPOs Finish the Year Strong

Author: Daniel Hom published on IPO Dashboards

Tech IPOs have been under scrutiny this year but ended up leading the way in total capital raised during 2011.

Making the Pay Gap Look Good

Author: Simon Rogers published on The Guardian Datablog

Simon Rogers makes the gender gap in salaries look like a million in this viz. His use of a gantt bar to represent the difference in salary is pure genius. We love the custom male and female shapes to show whose salary is represented by which side of the bars.

Case-Shiller Home Price Index

Author: Alex Kerin published on Data Driven Consulting

The housing bubble never looked as good as in this Case-Shiller viz from Alex Kerin. Basically, it shows home prices over time. The spark lines at the bottom allow you to compare trends by city.

Game Reviews: Do They Matter?

Author: Sean Houghton published on Cerebiggum

Do game reviews have anything to do with sales? From the chart below, it would seem that they do, above an average Game Rankings score of 70. Below that level... its basically random! Seans second view shows something quite odd: as game reviews have decreased over time, sales have ...

2012 Race: State Match-up Polls

Author: Lori Williams published on Tableau Software

One of the most common questions that pollster ask is who you would vote for in a head to head match-up of the President versus a candidate. This viz uses the data from match-up polls in a number of states to generate different scenarios for counting up electoral votes in the 2012 ...

Beautiful Fuel

Author: Polly Curtis published on The Guardian

Polly Curtis' story about who's funding the campaign to stop a 3 penny increase in the duty the British government charges on fuel, included a gorgeous viz created by Craig Bloodworth of ICData. We're giddy about the reference band shading and ...

Sanjay Bhatt Wins Gannett Award with Foreclosure Viz

Author: Sanjay Bhatt published on Seattle Times

Congrats to Sanjay Bhatt for winning the Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism for his story on mortgage modifications. Take a look at his award winning viz below, which shows how slowly the federal loan modification program moved forward.

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Author: Brett McMurphy published on CBS Sports

Nothing inspires passionate comments among sports fans quite like pre-season predictions. Brett McMurphy's viz made it easy to see how teams were ranked in different polls. That gave commenters all the fuel they needed to trumpet their favorite team's chances and predict the ...

Which Country Uses the Most Oil?

Author: Alex Kerin published on Data Driven Consulting

Alex Kerin's viz is not only beautiful, it's also the winner of our Interactive Viz Contest! It shows which countries consume the most oil and whether or not ...

A Beautiful and Dangerous History

Author: Peter Aldhous published on New Scientist

Hurricanes are serious business, but Peter Aldhous' latest viz showing the history of named hurricanes from 1990-2010 makes them look positively gorgeous. The marks show the winding paths of the storms and are sized by maximum wind speed.

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