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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-May-2026 03:04:00 JST Information Is Beautiful

NOTE: Same % of country (12%), not size. Florida & the US Atlantic states (1.1 million sq km) are much larger than Russian-occupied Ukraine (120K sq km)
In conversation about 2 months ago from vis.social permalink
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1. A political map showing the outline of Ukraine with a portion of its eastern and southern territory highlighted in red, accompanied by text stating "THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE TERRITORY STOLEN BY RUSSIA, THAT UKRAINE IS EXPECTED TO GIVE UP IN EXCHANGE FOR PEACE". Below this, a map of the United States shows an equivalent area on its eastern coast, also highlighted in red, with text reading "THIS TERRITORY IS OF THE SAME SIZE THAT THE ONE UKRAINE IS EXPECTED TO SURRENDER TO THE ENEMY". Both maps serve to visually compare the scale of territorial loss.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Friday, 08-May-2026 05:34:11 JST Information Is Beautiful

Demographic time bombs ahoy! Woah China.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-most-populous-countries-2025-2100p/
In conversation about 2 months ago from vis.social permalink
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1. Sankey diagram showing the projected populations of the most populous countries in 2025, 2050, and 2100. In 2025, India (1.46B) and China (1.41B) have the largest populations. By 2050, India is projected to reach 1.68B and remain the most populous, while China's population is expected to decrease to 1.26B. By 2100, India is projected to have 1.51B, and Nigeria is expected to become the second most populous country with 791M. China's population is projected to further decline to 633M by 2100, ranking below Nigeria and Pakistan (511M). The diagram illustrates the significant shifts in global population rankings over the century.
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  Ranked: The World's Most Populous Countries (2025-2100P)
  
  from @PallaviRao8
  
  From current data around birth, death, and migration rates, UN demographers predict the most populous countries by the year 2100.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-May-2026 05:26:29 JST Information Is Beautiful

The biggest source of power in every North American state & province
by Reddit user: u/Orennia
In conversation about 2 months ago from vis.social permalink
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1. A colorful map titled “The Biggest Source of Power in North America 2022” showing the dominant electricity generation source for each U.S. state and Canadian province. Regions are color coded by energy type, with blue indicating hydropower, yellow for natural gas, pink for nuclear, orange for coal, green for wind, and other colors for solar and additional sources. In Canada, most provinces are shaded blue, highlighting hydropower as the primary source, especially in Quebec, British Columbia, and Manitoba. In the United States, the pattern is more varied, with large areas of the Midwest and parts of the West in yellow for natural gas, while coal remains dominant in some central states shown in orange. Nuclear power appears as the leading source in a few states in pink, and wind power dominates in parts of the central plains in green. Smaller pockets of solar and other sources appear in select regions. A legend on the right lists the energy types with corresponding colors, and the map emphasizes regional differences in how electricity is generated across North America.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 01:52:06 JST Information Is Beautiful

The land footprint of food
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
by @EurCorrespond
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  Environmental Impacts of Food Production
  
  from @OurWorldInData
  
  What are the environmental impacts of food production? How do we reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment?
2. An infographic titled “The land footprint of food” comparing how much land area in square meters is required to produce one kilogram of different foods. The graphic uses a perspective scene divided into two halves, with animal based foods on the left and plant based foods on the right, each illustrated with small icons like cows, sheep, trees, crops, and a tractor casting long shadows across a green field. On the left, animal products occupy much larger areas, with beef shown as the most land intensive at the top, followed by lamb, cheese, and pork, then poultry, eggs, and milk, each requiring progressively less land but still far more than plant foods. On the right, plant based foods are shown using significantly smaller plots, including grains, vegetables, fruits, and nuts, with items like wheat, potatoes, and apples requiring comparatively little land per kilogram. The visual contrast emphasizes that producing animal based foods generally uses far more land than plant based foods, with the scale of the plots shrinking dramatically from left to right. A small note cites data from studies on global food systems and environmental impact.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-May-2026 06:27:49 JST Information Is Beautiful

The Art of Gerrymandering - visualized
by Instagram user: @datastuffplus
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1. This infographic titled "How to steal an election" shows three visual representations of gerrymandering using a grid-based example, with the first panel displaying 50 precincts arranged in a 10x5 grid where 30 squares are colored blue and 20 squares are colored red, representing a population that is 60% blue and 40% red, followed by a middle panel showing the same colored grid divided into 5 horizontal districts with thick black lines where each district contains a blue majority resulting in 5 blue wins and 0 red wins, and a final panel showing the identical colored grid but with districts drawn using irregular thick black boundary lines that create oddly shaped districts, resulting in 3 red district wins and 2 blue district wins despite the blue majority population, demonstrating how the manipulation of district boundaries can completely reverse electoral outcomes even when the underlying voter preferences remain constant across all three scenarios.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 19:16:26 JST Information Is Beautiful

May I present to you, the Potsdam Gravity Potato?
Areas of the earth where the gravitational field is mysteriously weaker (blue) or stronger (orange)
via @earthlymission
https://earthlymission.com/the-potsdam-gravity-potato/
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1. Distorted, potato-shaped rendering of the Earth showing variations in its gravitational field. Colors represent the strength of the gravity, with reds and yellows indicating stronger gravity and blues and purples indicating weaker gravity relative to a smooth, idealized Earth. Continents are faintly visible on the surface, providing geographical context to the gravitational anomalies.
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  The Potsdam Gravity Potato
  
  from Tamás Varga
  
  Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help better understand the Earth's surface, sensitive measurements by the orbiting satellites GRACE and CHAMP were used to create a map of Earth's gravitational field. Since a center for studying these data is in Potsdam, Germany, and since
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Apr-2026 17:35:50 JST Information Is Beautiful

How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
Nice analysis: https://brilliantmaps.com/number-92/
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  How To Say The Number 92 In Various European Languages
  
  from Brilliant Maps
  
  Map found on reddit
2. Map of Europe with most countries labeled "90+2". Germany is highlighted in purple with the label "2+90". France is highlighted in yellow with the label "4x20+12". Denmark is highlighted in orange with the label "2+(5-0.5)x20". The question at the top reads "How do you say number 92". This is a visual joke about different European languages and how they express the number 92 (e.g., quatre-vingt-douze in French, two and ninety in German, and a more complex calculation resulting in 92 for Denmark).
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2026 04:41:11 JST Information Is Beautiful

How the world will look in 250 million years
(via reddit https://bit.ly/IIBWorld250)
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2. A stylized world map with pastel colors showing an alternative arrangement of continents, centered on Antarctica, predicted to happen in 250 million years. Countries maintain their general shape and borders but are repositioned around Antarctica in a circular pattern, creating a unique geological perspective.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 04:15:56 JST Information Is Beautiful

What mood will your TV detective be in?
by Alasdair Beckett-King
https://x.com/MisterABK/status/1531594950504235009
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2. Humorous map of Europe titled "Will the Detective Investigating Your Murder Be Sad?" Countries are color-coded with a legend showing four types of detectives: "Sad & Cold" (dark red, Nordic countries), "Sad & Wet" (pink, UK), "Sad & Drunk" (light blue, central Europe), and "Sexy" (dark blue, Mediterranean countries).
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Apr-2026 08:47:32 JST Information Is Beautiful

Accurate...
(creator: unknown)
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1. A diagram comparing gunshot wounds in movies versus real life, showing a human figure split down the middle. The left side (labeled 'In movies:') is marked in red showing supposedly non-fatal wound areas, while the right side (labeled 'In real life:') is completely white, implying that any gunshot wound can have serious consequences. The image critiques the unrealistic portrayal of survivable gunshot wounds in movies.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 23:56:41 JST Information Is Beautiful

Frequency of red hair in Europe
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1. Map showing frequency of red hair across Europe. Five color-coded ranges: red (over 10%) concentrated in Ireland and Scotland, orange (5-9%) in parts of UK and northern Europe, brown (2-4%) in Scandinavia and Germany, darker brown (1-2%) in central Europe, and darkest brown (under 1%) in southern Europe. Shows clear north-south gradient with highest concentrations in Celtic regions.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Apr-2026 16:39:36 JST Information Is Beautiful

Ever heard of the Butter Line?
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1. Map of Europe showing most consumed cooking fats by region. Three colors indicate preferences: yellow for butter (predominantly in northern Europe), light green for mixed olive oil and butter use (central regions), and dark green for olive oil (Mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy, and Greece). Legend indicates these three categories. Title asks "What is the most consumed across European regions?
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Apr-2026 01:32:18 JST Information Is Beautiful

UK Dialect map
via https://starkeycomics.com/2023/11/07/map-of-british-english-dialects/

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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Apr-2026 00:33:52 JST Information Is Beautiful

Which language is most difficult to learn?
via The Economist
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail
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1. Simple grouped word cloud shows language learning durations for various languages. Grouped by weeks: 24-30 weeks for European languages like French and Spanish; 36 weeks for languages like German and Indonesian; 44 weeks for a diverse group including Russian and Hindi; 88 weeks for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Apr-2026 00:33:55 JST Information Is Beautiful

Growth pains...
by Instagram user: @theselfhug
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7To5q5S1ie/
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  The Self Hug® Guided Wellbeing Journal on Instagram: "The journey to personal growth often takes us through four key zones: the Comfort Zone, the Fear Zone, the Learning Zone, and the Growth Zone. You have the power to choose your path. Are you ready to move beyond your comfort zone and embrace growth? 🌱 Design inspo credit to AnnaLieHowling #TheSelfHug #MindfulLiving #WellnessJourney #IntentionalLiving #GuidedJournal #Journal #Journaling #JournalBooks #WellnessJournal #Growth #GrowthMindset #SelfDevelopment #ShiftMindset #MindsetMatters #PersonalGrowth #GrowthJourney"
  
  23K likes, 153 comments - theselfhug on May 23, 2024: "The journey to personal growth often takes us through four key zones: the Comfort Zone, the Fear Zone, the Learning Zone, and the Growth Zone. You have the power to choose your path. Are you ready to move beyond your comfort zone and embrace growth? 🌱 Design inspo credit to AnnaLieHowling #TheSelfHug #MindfulLiving #WellnessJourney #IntentionalLiving #GuidedJournal #Journal #Journaling #JournalBooks #WellnessJournal #Growth #GrowthMindset #SelfDevelopment #ShiftMindset #MindsetMatters #PersonalGrowth #GrowthJourney".
2. A diagram depicting four concentric circles representing different zones of personal growth: Comfort Zone, Fear Zone, Learning Zone, and Growth Zone. Each zone is associated with specific behaviors, feelings, and outcomes. The Comfort Zone is described as low risk, low reward, and low satisfaction, while the Growth Zone is associated with setting ambitious goals, finding a greater sense of fulfillment, and embracing the unknown. The diagram encourages viewers to consider whether they want to grow or stay the same.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2026 17:17:45 JST Information Is Beautiful

Evolution of the Alphabet via https://usefulcharts.com/
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  UsefulCharts.com
  
  History Wallcharts
2. Infographic showing the "Evolution of the Alphabet" from Proto-Sinaitic (c. 1750 BCE) to Modern Latin Script. Colorful arrows trace the development of each letter through Phoenician, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, and Roman scripts, culminating in the modern 26-letter alphabet. The image demonstrates how letter shapes transformed over time.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2026 00:09:00 JST Information Is Beautiful

Year 4 of this terrible #Ukrainewar. Europe has now given more military aid than any other bloc #Ukraine...
(source: @kielinstitute Ukraine Support Tracker)
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1. A treemap illustrating military aid to Ukraine in billions of dollars. Europe provided $168 billion, with Germany contributing $50.2 billion, and Norway $20.6 billion. The UK, Netherlands, and other European countries also contributed. The United States provided $74.7 billion. Other contributions came from Canada at $5.1 billion and Australia at $1 billion. Data is sourced from the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute, covering February 2022 to December 2025.
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2. ALT tag: "Bar chart titled 'Military Aid to Ukraine % of GDP' shows countries' aid relative to GDP. Norway leads with 4.3%, followed by Estonia at 3.1%, and Sweden at 2.8%. The USA is at 0.32%, despite leading in absolute dollars. Countries bordering Russia or Ukraine are marked. Source: Ukraine Support Tracker, Feb 2022 - Dec 2025."
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 12:00:24 JST Information Is Beautiful

Australia is BIG
(via reddit)
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1. A map showing the true size of Australia compared to various countries and regions. It illustrates how much larger Australia is than many other countries, including the United States, India, and most of Europe. The map uses a projection that accurately represents the relative sizes of landmasses.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 06:38:55 JST Information Is Beautiful

One ocean
(by instagram user @n.renier)
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1. A watercolor-style world map illustrating the interconnectedness of oceans, titled "ONLY ONE OCEAN". Landmasses are depicted in a lighter shade, while the vast expanse of the ocean is shown in varying shades of deep blue, giving a fluid, continuous appearance. Major ocean names are labeled: Arctic, Atlantic (appearing twice to show continuity), Indian, and Pacific (appearing twice for continuity). Key geographical points like Bering Strait, North America, Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica are also labeled. The map emphasizes the concept that all oceans are ultimately connected as one global body of water.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Mar-2026 12:48:26 JST Information Is Beautiful

May we mention our new online store? Where you can buy high-quality art prints of our most popular infographics & visualisations
https://bit.ly/IIBStore
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  informationisbeautiful
2. Homepage of Information is Beautiful (IIB) store showing sample data visualization prints, including a left-right comparison chart, a colorful circular diagram, and a word cloud of books. The page includes store navigation, environmental notes about sustainable printing practices, and a welcome message introducing David McCandless's work
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