Infographics & data visualization gallery

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Rent or Own?

Author: Nick Timiraos published on Wall Street Journal

Nick Timiraos' viz looks at the cost of owning versus renting in 27 markets across the US. Commenters offered their opinions on why more people aren't taking advantage of low interest rates and low prices and had a lot of advice for would-be homeowners.

Home Value Index

Author: Stan Humphries published on Zillow.com

Ever wonder what your home is worth? Zillow.com is a site devoted to helping buyers and sellers answer that very question. Taking into account thousands of local factors, like recent sales and appraisal data, Zillow figures out a reasonable value for ...

Violent Market Drops

Author: Mike Shedlock published on Seeking Alpha

On Thursday, May 14, 2010 the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by almost 10%, then quickly recovered. By analyzing the past 80 years of Dow Jones data, Mike "Mish" Shedlock found that these sort of drops are occurring more frequently and may signal an increasing trend in market ...

U.S. Foreclosure Rates by City

Author: Gabrielle Solomon published on CNN Money

Foreclosures have been on the forefront of the nations psyche since the economic crises began. CNN Money used this visualization to examine the Q1 2010 foreclosure data.

US Investments by Top 100 Venture Firms

Author: Christian Chabot published on IPO Dashboards

Erick Schonfeld and Daniel Levine at TechCrunch have posted some great funding data from CrunchBase. With this viz you can quickly see where top VC’s invest.

Seattle Real Estate Supply by Neighborhood

Author: Tim Ellis published on Seattle Bubble

Blogger Tim Ellis of Seattle Bubble created this view of the December 2009 real estate market in Seattle. Is it still a buyer's market?

Recession End Does Not Mean All Sectors Recover Equally

Author: Barry Ritholtz published on The Big Picture

In February 2010, the Federal Reserve declared the recession of 2008 and 2009 to be over, based on industrial production. However, that one number has many components that do not always tell the entire story - this viz allows you to draw your own conclusions.

Software IPOs vs. the NASDAQ

Author: Christian Chabot published on IPO Dashboards

Are technology IPOs a better investment than the market? Are technology IPOs more attractive than investing in a broad market index? This viz answers those questions by taking a look at a large sample of software companies that went public between 1969 and 2008.

How the Top 100 Did It

Author: Christian Chabot published on IPO Dashboards

If we applied today’s IPO standards to yesterday’s most successful IPOs, what would it mean for the technology industry? This Viz from IPO Dashboards shows the grim tidings for early stage venture capital.

Profitable vs. Unprofitable IPOs

Author: Christian Chabot published on Wall Street Journal

How important is profitability for technology IPOs? Do the stock prices of tech companies that are profitable when they go public outperform those that aren’t? This viz posted by the Wall Street Journal offers a surprising answer.

Traffic to the World's Largest Websites

Author: Elissa Fink published on Tableau

Using recent data from Comscore, this viz examines the year-over-year change in traffic at the world's largest websites.

Economic Indicators & Stock Market Returns

Author: Stephen McDaniel published on Freakalytics

Stephen McDaniel of Freakalytics demonstrates how to display complex relationships between multiple metrics by looking at the stock market patterns relative to economic conditions from 1901-2008.

Cisco Aquisitions Fluctuate with the Market

Author: Ellie Fields published on Tableau

Tech giant Cisco has acquired dozens of companies over the years; here is a detailed interactive breakdown.

Consumer Confidence?

Author: Tim Ellis published on Seattle Bubble

Consumer confidence has been on a ten year long downward cycle- as you might expect in a decade with one minor and one massive recession. Take a look at this graph from Seattle Bubble to see for yourself.

Where is the Borders Closeout?

Author: Mike published on Wall Street Journal

With the end drawing near, Borders stores have been liquidating their wares at an impressive rate. Browse this viz to see where stores are closing down.

The Exchange Wars

Author: Nicole Perlroth published on Forbes

In the IPO resurgence this year, one thing is strikingly different from the dot com bubble of the nineties: the NYSE is getting a large number of listings. The traditionally tech-strong NASDAQ has maintained a large number of listings as well, but which exchange has generated the ...

Employment History by Industry

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

See the economic recovery in color. Mike "Mish" Shedlock looks at employment history across different industries using data from Economic Modeling. See which industries have gained and which have lost.

The WSJ Vizzes Occupations Data

Author: Sara Murray published on The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal made this viz to look into the detailed employment and income statistics kept by the BLS on thousands of jobs. As you might expect, doctors topped the list of high paying jobs (some averaging over $200k a year), while cashiers and retail salespeople ...

Where Have All the Good Deals Gone?

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

With the continuing run-up in US equities, many investors have been left wondering where all of the good deals are. Luckily, Mike Shedlock and Isaac Presley have some very interesting worldwide data on Price to Earnings, Book and Sales for over 50 stock markets nationwide. Take a ...