Infographics & data visualization gallery

Stunning data visualization examples on the web, created with Tableau Public.

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 fast growing software companies.

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.

Slow Loan Modifications

Author: Sanjay Bhatt published on Seattle Times

Sanjay Bhatt of the Seattle Times won the 2011 Gannett Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism for his story on mortgage modifications, which included this viz.

Cash Buyers Dominate

Author: Tim Ellis published on Seattle Bubble

The Tim takes a look at King County, Washington home financing from 2000-2011.

The Great Divide

Author: Anya A'Hearn published on DataBlick

Congrats to Anya A'Hearn, winner of our Biz Viz contest! Her viz shows how average US income has changed over time for different economic groups

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 ...

Forget About Facebook

Author: Olga Kharif published on Bloomberg

Everyone talks about Facebook's looming IPO. But what about all the other great tech companies that have gone public? This viz shows us that while business-enterprise IPOs may not get a lot of attention, they're sure doing better than often-hyped consumer tech IPOs.

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 ...

Buy or Rent?

Author: Alison Paoli published on Zillow

If you buy a home, how long will it take before buying that house is cheaper than renting the same house? Alison Paoli of Zillow answers the question for 224 metro areas across the US with this

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Twin Cities Home Prices

Author: MaryJo Webster published on TwinCities.com

MaryJo Webster of Pioneer Press analyzes a year worth of real estate prices in the Twin Cities region. See how the median sale price has fluctuated over time or switch tabs to compare each county's median price.

Neighborhoods: Home sales, prices

Author: Mike Nyerges and Mark Wert published on The Enquirer

Mike Nyerges and Mark Wert from The Enquirer of Cincinnati looks at the state of real estate in 107 neighborhoods from last year data.

Big Data Jobs Around the Nation

Author: Chris Dannen published on Fast Company Labs

This viz by Chris Dannen at Fast Company Labs shows "Big Data" jobs, positions and salaries across the U.S. Click a bar to filter the map, and use the tabs to explore the different aspects of the openings.

Real Estate Market Index

Author: Stan Humphries published on Zillow.com

Use these vizzes to analyze real estate in your region, is it a sellers or a buyers market? Zillow created an index using the sale-to-price ratio, frequency of price cuts, and the time on market of recently sold homes to rate regions and individual cities.

To Buy or Rent in Australia

Author: Kieran Salsone published on APN News and Media

Is it cheaper to buy or rent housing? Use this viz to compare the cost of renting to a mortgage for Australian neighborhoods and decide for yourself. Choose different neighborhoods and housing types from the drop-down menu.

Supermarket Pricing in Brazil

Author: Daniel Lima published on O Globo

Use this viz from Brazil's O Globo News to compare supermarket prices in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Filter results by name brand or generic goods as well as city region. The color scale represents the pricing index as the cost of goods relative to lowest cost store.

Employment Projections by Job

Author: Colin Gordon published on The Telltale Chart

Colin Gordon of The Telltale Chart takes a look at future prospects for Iowa jobs. Use the filters at the bottom to focus on jobs by wage or gain/loss.

Country Credit Ratings

Author: Ladislav Tvarůžek published on IHNED.cz

Ladislav Tvarůžek of the Czech news site IHNED.cz vizes the credit rating scores of countries around the world.

Inventory Shortage

Author: Tim Ellis published on Redfin

It would have been hard to imagine two years ago, but prospective home buyers in the US have begun to notice a distinct lack of inventory. Tim Ellis from Redfin digs into the data and shows us the cities with the worst shortage.

What Does it Take to IPO?

Author: John Cook published on GeekWire

This viz, posted by John Cook, looks at some qualities by recent tech IPOs. After the dot-com bubble burst, some predictions were made about profitability and how much revenue tech companies would need in order to go public. Have those predictions come true?

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.

US Winter Wheat Condition

Author: Cristoph Wiese published on The Public Ledger

File this under the category of "Fascinating answers to questions I never asked". Namely, what is the condition of the US winter wheat crop?

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 ...

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.

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 ...