Notices by Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)

Spreadsheets

Guess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :(

World population visualized
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/world-population/

Measurement unit differences between the U.S.A. and most of the world.

(creator: unknown)

Telling. Quantity of male versus female dialogue in best picture films of recent decades

(by @puddingviz)

A significant decline in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon under President Lula da Silva’s administration

by @_HannahRitchie
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-2024

While migration is a thorny political topic in many EU countries, the demographic data shows that most nations will see collapsing populations by 2100 without it.

Interactive piece
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/feb/18/europes-population-crisis-see-how-your-country-compares-visualised

Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025
https://govwayback.com/

(via https://brianmoore.com/)

Should you trust that doctor? (maybe more relevant today than ever)

(by instagram user @sheadoodles)

Just how many people work for the US Federal Government? About 3 million or 1.9% of the US workforce.

Because vaccines work

Visualising the lifetimes (and deaths) of major Roman Emperors

(by Reddit user: u/Western-Flatworm-537)

Increasing power of different fireworks - visualized!

(by Reddit user: u/Closed_Aperture)
https://bit.ly/RedditFireworks

Adding a third celestial body to a gravitational system makes things wildly chaotic and unpredictable. Hence the 'Three Body Problem'. Some beautiful examples of periodic 3-body systems:

(via instagram user data__is__beautiful)

True? True

The still lingering effects & patterns of the #COVID pandemic - 5 years on.

(via NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/09/upshot/covid-lockdown-five-year-charts.html

Curve fitting methods & what they say https://xkcd.com/2048/

The Star Wars Galaxy Map - didn't realise it was so detailed.

by Deviantart User: stoneward13
https://www.deviantart.com/stoneward13/art/Star-Wars-Galaxy-Map-V2-0-1135068228

How rich people avoid paying tax

(Originally by Instgram user @newmoney.blog)

Just 9,000 years ago Britain was connected to continental Europe by an area of land called Doggerland, which is now submerged beneath the southern North Sea. Part of the reason why the UK is a world leader in off-shore windfarms.

(by @historyinmemes)