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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Waterloo for Walker

Author: Amanda Terkel published on Huffington Post

169 commenters and over 13,000 Facebook likes confirm, this is an interesting viz! Readers loved this interactive map which shows voter sentiment in Wisconsin switching back towards the Democrats.

Seattle Times Economic Watch

Author: Seattle Times Team published on Seattle Times

The Seattle Times has made a comprehensive snapshot of the Puget Sound area economy in five tabs, updated monthly.

One Week of Japanese Earthquakes

Author: Alex Kerin published on Data Driven Consulting

Along the same lines as Peter Aldhous's view of Japanese quakes since 1900, Alex Kerin's view below allows us to see seismic activity over the past week. The redder dots indicate stronger quakes.

Chelsea - Manchester Game Analysis

Author: Graham MacAree published on We Aint Got No History

Soccer, despite its simplicity, is actually a very detailed game. As you can see from Graham's vizzes below, the analysis you can do from a game with only 2 goals is actually quite exhaustive. The top view here shows the average player position for each team. The bottom view shows ...

Earthquakes in Japan Since 1900

Author: Peter Aldhous published on New Scientist

Peter Aldhous takes us back in time with this viz of Japanese Earthquakes since 1900. Obviously, the island nation is no stranger to seismic activity.

The Rise and Fall of Tech IPOs

Author: John Cook published on Geekwire

Technology IPOs come out strong out of the gate, but within a few weeks they cool down considerably. See the path of the tech companies that went public in 2011 in this viz from John Cook at Geekwire.

Fantasy Baseball Pitching Planner

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

In this viz Al Melchior tackles the age old question of "who should I start in my fantasy league?" By performing some sabermetrical Jiu-Jitsu, Al's viz recommends who you should start (Josh Becket) and who you should use to keep the bench warm (Scott Baker).

Game Reviews Never Looked Better

Author: Craig Wilson published on Split Screen

Craig Wilson's viz on Split Screen shows how video game reviews tend to cluster in the favorable 7-9 range. A fascinating question, but what's got us really excited are the intuitive color scheme and matching tooltips. Gorgeous!

Which Mobile OS Dominates in Europe?

Author: Rik Henderson published on Pocket-lint

Which mobile operating system is dominant? Although Apple's iOS is the clear leader here, Android has been making a significant dent in the market over the past six months.

England Premier Football League - Historical Statistics

Author: Robert Mundigl published on Clearly and Simply

Robert Mundigl's viz gives you all the stats you could want on England's Premier League from the 1996/1997 season to the present.

A Viz to Build A Dream Team On

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

By now it's not too surprising to see Al Melchior and the CBS Sports team featured here, but they really make some clean and good-looking vizes. Check out a version of one of their favorites--a fantasy matchup magnifier. Great use of colors and images for mark-types.

New Zealand Earthquakes

Author: Richard Leeke published on Equinox IT

Richard Leeke was lucky enough to be in Seattle attending the 2010 Tableau Customer Conference when the Christchurch earthquake struck New Zealand. When he arrived home, he found a database of earthquakes in New Zealand from 1970 to the present and used it to create this viz. Click ...

Innovation Across America

Author: Peter Aldhous published on New Scientist

Innovation and the protection of intellectual property have been two of the most important cornerstones in the economic dynamism of America since the 1700's. This visualization by Peter Aldhous shows all of the metropolitan areas in America and ranks them by patents per capita ...

Africa's Most Populated Cities

Author: Richard van Dijk published on Sustainable Logic

The population of African cities is set to triple over the next 40 years according to a report by UN Habitat. Click around on the viz below to get a sense of where the growth will be.

A Cowboy Debate

Author: KB Drummond published on Blogging the Boys

Few things spur on debate like sports does. After suffering a loss to Philadelphia and facing an upcoming game to Seattle, emotions ran high with KD Drummond's viz comparing different football teams' offensive success rates against the Cowboys. Commenters discussed the Cowboy's ...

Twitter: A Leading Indicator?

Author: Zoe Fox published on Mashable

Do a Presidential candidate's Twitter followers peak before they rise in the polls? Decide for yourself with this viz.

Lies, Damned Lies and Pinocchios

Author: Glenn Kessler published on Washington Post

Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post Fact Checker published this viz showing how the different Presidential candidates have fared in his fact checks. The conversation was feisty, with a focus on data and accurate presentation. Our kind of commenters!

A Tribute to The Great One

Author: Ben Jones

Ben Jones tweeted us this viz of Wayne Gretzky's amazing stats. What caught our eye was the great color scheme, the well-formatted tool-tips and the excellent choice of background image.

A Whole Lotta Shaking

Author: Amanda Raymond published on Seattle Times

Last Friday, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in British Columbia. Amanda Raymond quickly made this stylish graph showing all the earthquakes in the region since 1995. We're quivering over the consistent color scheme and the custom shading in the table headers.

Royal Wedding - Where Sat the Queen?

Author: Simon Rogers published on Guadian Data Blog

The world went crazy over Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding. Use this viz to see who got the best seats for this momentous occasion.

Visualizing Major League Baseball

Author: Bill Petti published on Beyond the Boxscore

Bill Petti takes his baseball seriously. In his viz below you can see numerous metrics ranking every MLB team over the past 10 years. Click around and enjoy!

Bicycling Is on the Climb in European Cities

Author: Camille Josse published on OWNI.fr

Bicycling still makes up only a fraction of all European commute trips, but it's the fastest growing transit mode in cities. The map shows the percent of home-to-work and home-to-school bicycle trips in each of the European capitals.

Where did the Outgoing Congress Go?

Author: Craig Gurian published on Remapping Debate

This visualization is not only one of the cleanest tables we have seen, it is also one of the most innovative. Check out the sort feature at the bottom- it moves column by column to sort the visualization. Read how to do this yourself below.

Console Wars!

Author: Dylan F. Tweney published on Wired

For fifteen years, the Sony PlayStation dominated the console market, both in its original configuration and as the Playstation 2. It seems the tables have turned, however, as you can see from the viz below.

Changes in the Venture Capital Industry

Author: Paul Kedrosky published on Infectious Greed

This viz was retweeted 22 times after Paul Kedrosky published it on his blog, Infectious Greed. It shows how the venture capital flowing into software firms has been flat, while the venture capital flowing into biotech has been increasing.

Worker Injury Claims

Author: Sanjay Bhatt published on Seattle Times

Sanjay Bhatt used this interactive visualization to complement his story on Washington's Initiative 1082, which would essentially privatize the workers injury compensation industry in Washington state. The controversial story raised some rowdy comments, with many suggesting that ...

Cash Cows

Author: Mike Shedlock published on Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

Mike Shedlock is devoted to debunking economic myths and exposing the type of irresponsibility that led to the economic crises of 2008. His latest data? Cash amongst America's 50 largest corporations, and his readers agreed with him in their 56 comments- the view is not as pretty as ...

Crime in Vancouver

Author: Kelly Martin published on VizCandy

Kelly Martin takes a look into Vancouver crime over the past 8 years. Use the radio buttons on the right to select a crime and year that you are interested in.

Running Back Selector

Author: Al Melchior published on CBS Sports

Running a Fantasy Football team is no easy task. Al Melchior from CBS Sports has devised a number of amazing applications that help his readers make intelligent choices about the players to play, and the players to bench. Take a look at the app for running backs below.

World Aid Donors and Receivers

Author: Darren Evans published on The Data Studio

These two vizzes by Darren Evans show the breakdown of aid donor countries and aid receiving countries. Most interesting to me is the large discrepancy amongst aid donor countries in the amount of aid given and the % of GNI that aid represents: the US is first in amount, but last in % ...

Girls on the Run

Author: Katie Baker published on Grantland

In the last 10 years, women have placed in the top 100 in the New York City marathon in record numbers. See for yourself in this viz. What's got us excited is the consistent color scheme and the nice clean layout.

Blackjack in Vegas

Author: Alex Kerin published on Data Driven

We've been staring at this viz, and not just because we want to know where to place our bets at this year's Tableau Customer Conference.

The Coast Guard & the Environment

Author: G. W. Schultz published on Center for Investig. Reporting

G.W. Schultz from the Center for Investigative reporting looks into the time that the Coast Guard spends protecting the environment, compared to other missions.

iPhone Tweets

Author: Matt Silverman published on Mashable

How long does it take to mourn a much-loved rumor? At 12:30 GMT on Tuesday, Apple announced the new iPhone4S, and not the rumored iPhone5. Within a few hours, Apple fans had expressed their #iphone5 disappointment and tweets with the #iphone4S hashtag surged.

Fighting Words, Fighting Data

Author: Glenn Kessler published on Washington Post

Nothing like a Presidential primary debate to spark a heated discussion. There were the usual comments predicting who will win the GOP nomination, as well as a number of comments arguing over which data voters should focus on when evaluating candidates. Will 2012 be the year that ...

Recession Job Growth

Author: Anthony Calabrese published on State of the USA

Although the economy has been growing and 630,000 private sector jobs have been created this year, over 7 million net jobs have been lost since the start of the recession. See Anythony Calabrese's viz below for the details.

Power Hitters

Author: Mark Nowlin and Justin Mayo published on Seattle Times

In June, Ken Griffey Jr. ended his career where he started it, having etched his name in the record books with the 5th most home runs of all time. This viz, from a long interactive feature in the Seattle Times, may help put all of his achievements in perspective.

Where Not to Eat in Australia

Author: Fiona Hudson published on Herald Sun

Stand-out colors, a cool graphic and overall really eye-catching. This Herald Sun viz charts various restaurants that had safety-breaches. It's informative, but also a great to look at--that red grabs your attention, which is exactly what this viz should do.