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Color-coded map of Indiana's nine congressional districts labeled 1st through 9th, sourced from the Census Bureau.

Maps 2016-05-02

Indiana's congressional districts

From Indiana May Be #NeverTrump’s Last Stand by David Wasserman

Scatter plot showing NBA players' quantified shooter impact vs shots per 100 possessions from 2013-14 to 2015-16, with labeled stars like Curry, Durant, and Bryant.

Charts 2016-05-02

Gunners aren't as reliable as stars

From The NBA’s Best (And Worst) Shot-Makers by Kyle Wagner

Scatter plot showing NBA players' quantified shooter impact vs. shots per game from 2013-14 to 2015-16, with labeled players including Curry, Durant, and Kobe Bryant.

Charts 2016-05-02

Shot-makers get the ball

From The NBA’s Best (And Worst) Shot-Makers by Kyle Wagner

Scatter plot showing NBA shot difficulty (qSQ) vs. shots per 100 possessions for regular seasons 2013-14 to 2015-16, with labeled players including Curry, James, Bryant, and Westbrook.

Charts 2016-05-02

Workhorses and spark plugs

From The NBA’s Best (And Worst) Shot-Makers by Kyle Wagner

Scatter plot showing shot difficulty (qSQ) vs. shots per game for NBA players in regular seasons 2013-14 to 2015-16, with labeled players including Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, and LeBron James.

Charts 2016-05-02

Workhorses have it rough

From The NBA’s Best (And Worst) Shot-Makers by Kyle Wagner

Area chart showing the total unique teams in the top four over the previous five seasons from 1950 to 2010s, with a clear downward trend over time.

Charts 2016-05-03

Fewer teams are making the top four

From Leicester City’s Stunning Rise, In Two Charts by Oliver Roeder, James Curley

Line chart showing the seven-year history of every top-flight English league champion since 1946, highlighting Leicester's rise from 45th to 1st and Ipswich Town's from 49th.

Charts 2016-05-03

Leicester's remarkable rise

From Leicester City’s Stunning Rise, In Two Charts by Oliver Roeder, James Curley

NCAA fact sheet for student-athletes showing a urine color chart numbered 1-8 from pale yellow to dark gold to assess hydration status, with guidance on hydration levels.

Other 2016-05-03

Assess Your Hydration Status — NCAA Fact Sheet for Student-Athletes

From Even Tug-Of-Warriors Can Be Dopers by Christie Aschwanden

Bar chart showing that only 1% of 217,762 drug tests in 2014 were positive, and of those positive tests 64% led to sanctions, 10% had a doctor's note, and 26% had other outcomes.

Charts 2016-05-03

Tests rarely lead to sanctions

From Even Tug-Of-Warriors Can Be Dopers by Christie Aschwanden

Line chart showing Republican primary poll results and weighted averages in the USA from July 2015 to May 2016, with Trump at 45.4%, Cruz at 27.4%, and Kasich at 17.9%.

Charts 2016-05-04

Poll results and weighted averages in USA

From Ted Cruz Stands Down by Clare Malone

Scatter plot with trend line showing Trump's vote share by date of primary or caucus from February to May, illustrating how he broke through his polling ceiling.

Charts 2016-05-04

Trump jumped through his "ceiling"

From Why Republican Voters Decided On Trump by Nate Silver

Line chart showing NFL QB Yards Above Bench by selected percentiles (50th through 90th) from 1970 to the mid-2010s, illustrating that QBs aren't getting worse at each tier.

Charts 2016-05-04

QBs aren't getting worse at each tier

From Quarterbacks Were As Good And Bad In The 1970s As They Are Now

Dot density map of New York City showing the location of every elevator and escalator, with the densest concentration in Midtown Manhattan.

Maps 2016-05-04

Every elevator and escalator in NYC

From New York’s Elevators Define The City by Oliver Roeder

Bar chart showing the share of New York City elevators that top out at each floor, with the sixth floor being the most common at over 20%.

Charts 2016-05-04

This one goes to six! Share of NYC elevators that top out at each floor

From New York’s Elevators Define The City by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing U.S. Republican primary poll results and weighted averages for Trump and Kasich from July 2015 to May 2016, with Trump at 46.1% and Kasich at 18.0%.

Charts 2016-05-04

Poll results and weighted averages in U.S. — May 4, 2016

From The Long, Weird Kasich Campaign Gives In To Reality by Harry Enten

Line chart showing net strong favorability ratings for Republican and Democratic presidential nominees from 1980 to 2016, with Trump and H. Clinton both at historic lows.

Charts 2016-05-05

Their unpopularity isn't just about polarization

From Americans’ Distaste For Both Trump And Clinton Is Record-Breaking by Harry Enten

Area chart showing estimated annual ER visits for traumatic brain injuries at playgrounds from 2002 to 2013, rising from about 19k to over 30k.

Charts 2016-05-05

Estimated annual ER visits for traumatic brain injuries at playgrounds

From Beware The Monkey Bars! Playground Concussions Are Rising by Leah Libresco

Color-coded matrix table showing observed win percentages for every Avenger vs. every Avenger in 47,503 head-to-head matchups with 1,158 voters.

Tables 2016-05-05

Every Avenger vs. every Avenger — the crowd

From We Give Captain America 4-To-1 Odds Against Winning The Civil War by Walt Hickey

Color-coded matrix table showing estimated probability percentages that each Avenger character on the left will beat each character on top, based on maximum likelihood scores.

Tables 2016-05-05

Every Avenger vs. every Avenger — the ratings

From We Give Captain America 4-To-1 Odds Against Winning The Civil War by Walt Hickey

Color-coded matrix showing percentage point difference between actual and expected win rates for every pairwise Avengers character matchup, with green indicating overperformance and purple underperformance.

Charts 2016-05-05

Real vs. expected in every Avengers matchup

From We Give Captain America 4-To-1 Odds Against Winning The Civil War by Walt Hickey

Line chart comparing inflation-adjusted hourly earnings of college graduates who graduated before, during, and after the recession, tracked over 7 years post-graduation.

Charts 2016-05-06

Recession-era college graduates fell behind

From This Year’s College Grads Are The Luckiest In A Decade by Ben Casselman

Scatter plot showing how the proportion of proud partygoers increases and levels off as the number of partygoers grows from 1 to 100.

Charts 2016-05-06

Partygoers versus Proportion Proud Partygoers

From Can You Solve This Elevator Button Puzzle? by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing the share of adults working or looking for work (labor force participation rate), seasonally adjusted, from 2010 to 2016, declining from about 65% to near 62-63%.

Charts 2016-05-06

A blip? Or something more? Labor Force Participation Rate 2010–2016

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Bar chart showing monthly change in non-farm payrolls seasonally adjusted from 2010 to 2016, with negative months highlighted in red.

Charts 2016-05-06

A record run of job growth

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing the share of Americans out of the labor force who got a job or started looking for work from 2005 to 2016, seasonally adjusted.

Charts 2016-05-06

Fewer Americans returned to work last month

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing year-over-year change in hourly earnings for all workers and non-managers from 2008 to 2016, seasonally adjusted and not adjusted for inflation.

Charts 2016-05-06

Hourly earnings, change from a year earlier

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted year-over-year change in non-agricultural jobs (total and private sector) from 2011 to 2016, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Charts 2016-05-06

Non-agricultural jobs, change from a year ago

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Line chart showing seasonally adjusted US underemployment and unemployment rates from 2008 to 2016, both peaking around 2010 and declining through 2016.

Charts 2016-05-06

Stalled progress in employment

From The Job Market Cooled In April But Is Still Strong by Ben Casselman

Grouped bar chart comparing how often moms want to hear from their kids versus how often kids think contact should be expected, by frequency category, from a May 2016 SurveyMonkey poll.

Charts 2016-05-06

Call your mother! She misses you

From Relax, You Probably Call Your Mom Enough by Leah Libresco

Line chart showing the number of Republicans and Democrats who filed with the FEC to run for Congress from 2008 to 2016, split by all filers and those with donations.

Charts 2016-05-09

How many people are running for Congress?

From The GOP Doesn’t Seem To Be Cracking Up In Down-Ballot Races by Seth Masket

Dot plot with trend line showing share of primary vote for incumbent Republican senators from 2004 to 2014, with notable losers labeled.

Charts 2016-05-09

Share of Primary Vote For Incumbent Republican Senators

From The GOP Doesn’t Seem To Be Cracking Up In Down-Ballot Races by Seth Masket

Bar chart showing the number of top 100 and top 25 MLB teams by decade from 1903 to 2015 based on Elo ratings, with Yankees seasons highlighted.

Charts 2016-05-09

Fewer dominant teams in recent MLB history

From The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Time series chart showing game-by-game data with a spike highlighted at game 1586, a win 6-3 vs. Dodgers on Aug 26, 2002 with an 84-47 record.

Charts 2016-05-09

Game 1586: W 6-3 vs. Dodgers, Aug 26, 2002

From The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo by Reuben Fischer-Baum

A cropped line chart showing a red trend line with a highlighted yellow dot at a peak point, followed by a sharp decline after a vertical reference line.

Charts 2016-05-09

Line chart with highlighted peak and sharp decline

From The Best MLB Teams Of All-Time, According To Elo by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Two line charts showing relative Google search interest for 'Kentucky Derby' and 'mint julep' from 2004 to 2017, with annual spikes coinciding with Derby Day each May.

Charts 2016-05-10

Can you tell when Derby Day was? Relative Google search interest

From Mint Juleps Are Good For More Than Just Two Minutes At A Racetrack by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Line chart showing National League winning percentage in interleague games including playoffs from 1997 to 2016, with a sharp rise to nearly 58% in 2016.

Charts 2016-05-10

A National League turnaround?

From The NL Is Finally Winning Interleague Play — For Now by Neil Paine

Area chart showing average NL Elo rating minus average AL Elo rating through the 43rd interleague game each season from 1997 to 2016, with NL mostly below AL.

Charts 2016-05-10

The National League hasn't closed the Elo gap

From The NL Is Finally Winning Interleague Play — For Now by Neil Paine

Diamond-shaped scatter plot showing OnTheIssues social and economic scores for Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Michael Bloomberg from their earliest available scores to 2016, illustrating movement away from the center.

Charts 2016-05-11

Candidates abandoning the middle ground

From Could An Independent Candidate Succeed In 2016?

Three overlapping distribution charts showing Democrat and Republican ideological spread from consistently liberal to consistently conservative in 1994, 2004, and 2014, illustrating growing polarization.

Charts 2016-05-11

Democrats and Republicans More Ideologically Divided than in the Past

From Could An Independent Candidate Succeed In 2016?

Bar chart showing electoral votes at stake by filing deadlines for independent candidates, from May through September, with markers for end of RNC and DNC.

Charts 2016-05-11

Electoral votes at stake by filing deadlines for independents

From Could An Independent Candidate Succeed In 2016?

Bar chart showing the number of signatures required by filing deadlines for independent candidates, plotted by date from May 1 to September 11, with RNC and DNC markers.

Charts 2016-05-11

Signatures required by filing deadlines for independents

From Could An Independent Candidate Succeed In 2016?

Line chart showing average total pitches per player-season from 2008-09 to 2015-16 for MLB, AA/AAA prospects, and Dodgers AA/AAA, with the Dodgers line dropping sharply to about 0.4k by 2015-16.

Charts 2016-05-11

Fewer pitches, less wear and tear

From Tommy John Surgeries Are Down, And Nobody Quite Knows Why by Rob Arthur, Ben Lindbergh

Area chart showing the number of Tommy John surgeries among pro baseball players from 2006 to 2016, with a note that 2016 data is through May 10.

Charts 2016-05-11

Number of Tommy John surgeries among pro baseball players

From Tommy John Surgeries Are Down, And Nobody Quite Knows Why by Rob Arthur, Ben Lindbergh

Dot chart showing the number of commencement addresses made by each U.S. president per year from Truman to Obama, illustrating that presidential graduation speeches have become more common over time.

Charts 2016-05-11

Presidents are now expected at graduations

From Sitting Presidents Give Way More Commencement Speeches Than They Used To by Carl Bialik

Scatter plot with trend line showing the rising percentage of Americans with a close friend or family member who is gay or lesbian, from about 22% in 1992 to over 65% by 2015.

Charts 2016-05-11

Americans know more gay people

From Gay Marriage Won, But Other Liberal Causes Will Probably Struggle To Copy Its Success by Daniel Cox

Grouped bar chart showing the share of Americans who viewed gay marriage legalization as inevitable or not, by political party, from a March 2004 Los Angeles Times poll.

Charts 2016-05-11

Gay marriage seemed inevitable even in 2004

From Gay Marriage Won, But Other Liberal Causes Will Probably Struggle To Copy Its Success by Daniel Cox

Line chart showing share of papers reporting open data in four psychology journals from 2012 to 2015, with Psychological Science rising sharply after badges were introduced.

Charts 2016-05-12

Data sharing rose when it was rewarded

From Even Psychologists Respond To Meaningless Rewards by Christie Aschwanden

Line chart showing Elo Pitcher Score across career starts for Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, and Randy Johnson from 1984 to 2010, with Martinez reaching an all-time high of 78.0.

Charts 2016-05-12

The Mount Rushmore of '90s Pitching

From The Best Pitchers Of All Time by Neil Paine, Jay Boice

Slope chart comparing Eurovision contest rankings under the old and new scoring systems for 2014 and 2015, showing how country positions would shift.

Charts 2016-05-13

How the Eurovision rankings would change under the new scoring system

From This Year’s Eurovision Finale Will Be More Suspenseful Than Ever by Leah Libresco

Two 3D surface plots comparing expected lit buttons vs. number of people and probability p for an obnoxious kid scenario versus phone-obsessed adults scenario.

Charts 2016-05-13

Obnoxious Kid vs. Phone-Obsessed Adults: Expected Lit Buttons

From Can You Solve The Puzzle Of The Overflowing Martini Glass? by Oliver Roeder

Three-step icon-grid infographic explaining how a 90% accurate test with 2% disease prevalence yields only 27% correct positive results, illustrating base rate fallacy.

Other 2016-05-13

How accurate tests can be mostly wrong

From Theranos Is Wrong: We Don’t Need More Blood Tests by Katherine Hobson

Line chart showing U.S. births relative to average by day of year 2000-2014, highlighting that fewer babies are born on the 13th of the month and on major holidays.

Charts 2016-05-13

Fewer babies are born on the 13th of the month

From Some People Are Too Superstitious To Have A Baby On Friday The 13th by Carl Bialik

Bar chart showing the Friday the 13th effect: difference in share of U.S. births on the 13th vs average of 6th and 20th by day of week, 1994-2014, with Friday showing the largest drop near -6 ppt.

Charts 2016-05-13

The Friday the 13th effect

From Some People Are Too Superstitious To Have A Baby On Friday The 13th by Carl Bialik

Scatter plot showing win percentage of sumo wrestlers ranked ozeki and higher by their first year as an ozeki from 1750 to 2000, with a declining trend line and notable wrestlers Raiden and Hakuho labeled.

Charts 2016-05-13

For sumo champions, winning has gotten harder

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Bubble chart showing win percentage of sumo wrestlers ranked ozeki and higher by their first year as an ozeki from 1750 to 2000s, with a declining trend line and bubbles colored by wins above replacement.

Charts 2016-05-13

For sumo champions, winning has gotten harder

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Two historical Japanese sumo wrestling banzuke ranking sheets densely filled with kanji text listing wrestler names and rankings in hierarchical columns.

Other 2016-05-13

Historical Japanese Sumo Banzuke Ranking Sheets

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Two scatter plots showing height in inches and BMI of top-division sumo wrestlers by tournament year from 1750 to 2010, with dots colored by nationality (Japan, Mongolia, U.S., Other) and a trend line.

Charts 2016-05-13

Mongolian rikishi are taller and lighter

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing net wins of 1,302 sumo wrestlers over time from roughly 1780 to 1970, with historical milestones annotated including Declaration of Independence, First modern Olympics, First World Series, First NBA Championship, and First Super Bowl.

Charts 2016-05-13

Net Wins of 1,302 Sumo Wrestlers Over Time

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing net wins of 1,302 sumo wrestlers over time from roughly 1750 to 1970, with historical event annotations including the First Super Bowl and Declaration of Independence.

Charts 2016-05-13

Net wins of 1,302 sumo wrestlers

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Three line charts showing share of professional sumo competitors by country from 1970 to 2015, covering all divisions, Makuuchi top division, and Makuuchi champions.

Charts 2016-05-13

Small non-Japanese contingent dominates sumo

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing the predictive power of height and BMI on sumo wrestlers' tournament results from 1780 to 2020, highlighting the Raiden and Hakuho eras.

Charts 2016-05-13

The importance of height and weight in sumo

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing the predictive power of height and BMI on sumo wrestlers' tournament results from the 1780s to 2010s, with Raiden and Hakuho eras highlighted.

Charts 2016-05-13

The importance of height and weight in sumo

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing cumulative net wins vs. total bouts for sumo wrestlers in the top division, color-coded by rank, with notable wrestlers labeled.

Charts 2016-05-13

The many types of sumo careers

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Line chart showing cumulative net wins vs. total bouts for sumo wrestlers in the top division, color-coded by rank, with notable wrestlers labeled.

Charts 2016-05-13

The many types of sumo careers

From The Sumo Matchup Centuries In The Making by Benjamin Morris

Scatter plot showing playoff success score vs. regular-season efficiency differential for NBA playoff teams 1984-2015 and the 2016 Spurs, who exited unusually early.

Charts 2016-05-13

The Spurs left the playoffs unusually early

From Warriors-Thunder Is The Strongest Conference Finals Matchup In Decades by Neil Paine

Slope chart comparing 2016 Eurovision contest rankings under the actual scoring system versus how rankings would have changed under the old scoring system, highlighting shifts for Ukraine, Australia, Poland, and Malta.

Charts 2016-05-16

How the 2016 Eurovision rankings would change under the old scoring system

From Australia Would Have Won Eurovision Last Year by Leah Libresco

Bar chart showing the number of Supreme Court cases by term since 1946, peaking around 1965 near 200 and declining to near zero through May 16, 2016.

Charts 2016-05-17

Quiet days at the Supreme Court

From The Supreme Court’s Caseload Is On Track To Be The Lightest In 70 Years by Oliver Roeder

Line chart comparing Supreme Court grants of new cases in 2014 versus 2016 so far, from first session in February to last session in January.

Charts 2016-05-17

Supreme Court grants of new cases

From The Supreme Court’s Caseload Is On Track To Be The Lightest In 70 Years by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot showing point differential from expected vs. difference in home team rest days for NBA playoff series openers from 1984-2015, with Cavaliers over Raptors rest advantage marked at +7.

Charts 2016-05-17

More time off has little impact

From Rest Won’t Help The Cavs — And They Won’t Need Any Help To Beat The Raptors by Andrew Flowers, Neil Paine

Cumulative distribution chart showing range of simulated NBA draft lottery outcomes for the Philadelphia 76ers from 2013-15, with the actual result marked at the 50th percentile.

Charts 2016-05-17

Tanking can't buy lottery luck

From The 76ers Can Tank All They Want, But They Still Need Lottery Luck by Neil Paine

Cumulative distribution chart showing simulated NBA draft lottery outcomes for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2013-15, with the actual result marked at the 100th percentile.

Charts 2016-05-17

The Cavs had maximum lottery luck

From The 76ers Can Tank All They Want, But They Still Need Lottery Luck by Neil Paine

Charts 2016-05-18

The cost of taking probiotics

From Probiotics Won’t Fix All Your Health Problems by Katherine Hobson

Histogram showing the number of TV shows by share of IMDb raters who are women, with most shows having fewer than 50% female raters.

Charts 2016-05-18

Few shows have mostly female raters

From Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing men give IMDb ratings of 1 far more often than women, especially for shows with a higher share of female raters.

Charts 2016-05-18

Men are more likely to give the crappiest rating

From Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women by Walt Hickey

Line chart showing the average difference between IMDb ratings from men and women by share of ratings from women, revealing men rate women-targeted shows lower.

Charts 2016-05-18

Men tank the ratings of shows aimed at women

From Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women by Walt Hickey

Basketball shot chart showing field goal percentage vs. league average across court zones, with hexagonal bins colored from light blue (below avg) to dark navy (above avg).

Charts 2016-05-18

Basketball Shot Chart: FG% vs. League Average

From Karl-Anthony Towns And The Timberwolves Are The Future by Kyle Wagner, Neil Paine

FiveThirtyEight player card for Karl-Anthony Towns showing wins above replacement projection, five key stats with percentile indicators, and most comparable NBA players.

Other 2016-05-18

Karl-Anthony Towns NBA Player Projection Card

From Karl-Anthony Towns And The Timberwolves Are The Future by Kyle Wagner, Neil Paine

Cumulative area chart of 2016 D.C. Metro fires reported on Twitter by @IsMetroOnFire through May 16, with a dotted line marking the March 16 system shutdown for repairs.

Charts 2016-05-19

Cumulative 2016 D.C. Metro fires reported on Twitter by @IsMetroOnFire, through May 16

From How Often D.C.’s Metro Catches On Fire by Leah Libresco

Line chart showing Hillary Clinton favorability ratings among likely primary voters who support Bernie Sanders, from December 2015 to May 2016, with unfavorable rising and favorable falling.

Charts 2016-05-19

Sanders backers are more negative on Clinton

From The Hidden Importance Of The Sanders Voter by Nate Silver

A cropped line chart showing a trend over time with a yellow star marker highlighting a specific point on the blue line.

Charts 2016-05-19

Line chart with star marker highlight

From The Warriors Still Aren’t The Best Team Ever by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Four dot-plot strip charts showing season Elo ratings from 1950 to 2016 for the best, second-best, third-best, and fourth-best NBA teams, highlighting the 2015-16 Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, and Cavs.

Charts 2016-05-19

The 2015-16 NBA season has been stacked

From The Warriors Still Aren’t The Best Team Ever by Reuben Fischer-Baum

Dot/bar chart comparing Grand Slam appearances for Federer, McEnroe, Nadal, Djokovic, and Borg across their careers, showing Federer's streak ended at the 2016 French Open.

Charts 2016-05-19

Federer's Slam streak has ended

From Roger Federer Will Miss His First Grand Slam In 17 Years by Carl Bialik

S-curve chart showing predicted Hall of Fame probability by JAWS score for David Ortiz, with annotations for current score and points needed to exceed 50% probability.

Charts 2016-05-20

Big Papi should keep on slugging

From Don’t Leave, Big Papi by Rob Arthur

Photo-based infographic showing contestants in a ramp-eating competition with labels indicating each person's name and number of raw ramps consumed in three minutes.

Other 2016-05-24

A three-minute ramp romp — Mt. Rogers volunteer fire department competition

From The Foodie Craze Over This Wild Onion Is Killing It by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Line chart showing percentage change in types of overnight stays in national parks since 1979, with backcountry rising, RV declining nearly 50%, and tent sites and groups fluctuating.

Charts 2016-05-25

Backcountry camping is in; the RV is dead

From The National Parks Have Never Been More Popular by Andrew Flowers

Dual line charts showing percentage change in number of visitors and hours spent in national parks by recreational vs nonrecreational visitors since 1979.

Charts 2016-05-25

More nonrecreational visitors, not more hours

From The National Parks Have Never Been More Popular by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing national parks ranked by number of visitors per year from the 1920s to 2010s, with highlighted parks including Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, and others.

Charts 2016-05-25

The most popular national parks

From The National Parks Have Never Been More Popular by Andrew Flowers

Area chart showing annual recreational visits to U.S. national parks from 1904 to the mid-2010s, rising to nearly 80 million visits.

Charts 2016-05-25

U.S. national parks have never been so popular

From The National Parks Have Never Been More Popular by Andrew Flowers

Line chart showing share of U.S. page views to ESPN FC pages for four top Premier League teams and Leicester City by month from August 2015 to May 2016.

Charts 2016-05-25

The rise of Leicester

From U.S. Soccer Fans Click On Manchester United More Than Other, Better Teams by Carl Bialik

Hand-drawn style density or heat map of the central and eastern United States showing clustered shaded regions of varying intensity across states.

Maps 2016-05-26

Density Map of the Central and Eastern US

From Tornado Town, USA by Maggie Koerth

Map of Oklahoma showing paths of all tornadoes with magnitude 3 or greater from 1950 to 2015, with Moore and the Oklahoma City Metro Area highlighted.

Maps 2016-05-26

Is Moore a tornado hot spot or just unlucky?

From Tornado Town, USA by Maggie Koerth

Line chart showing Elo change since start of playoffs for all NBA playoff runs from 1947 through May 24, 2016, with the Oklahoma City Thunder's 2016 run highlighted in red.

Charts 2016-05-26

The Thunder's historic playoff run

From The Thunder Are On A Historic Playoff Run by Andrew Flowers, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the share of Americans age 25-34 living in their parents' home rising from about 8% in the late 1960s to over 15% by the mid-2010s.

Charts 2016-05-27

Share of Americans Age 25-34 Living in Parents' Home

From Stuck In Your Parents’ Basement? Don’t Blame The Economy by Ben Casselman

Line chart comparing Steph Curry's actual vs. expected eight-game rolling average points per 3-point-shot attempt during the 2015-16 NBA season through May 26.

Charts 2016-05-27

Steph Curry is looking his most mortal

From Stephen Curry Doesn’t Have His Shot Back by Benjamin Morris

Dot plot showing ideology scores of nonincumbent presidential candidates and their VP picks from 1980 to 2012, based on campaign donations.

Charts 2016-05-31

The ideology of candidates and their VP picks

From A FiveThirtyEight Guide To Veepstakes Speculation by Julia Azari, William D. Adler

Line chart showing the Golden State Warriors' series win probability at the end of each quarter during the 2016 Western Conference finals, dropping as low as 4 percent before reaching 100%.

Charts 2016-05-31

The Warriors' odds were as low as 4 percent

From The Warriors’ Improbable Comeback by Neil Paine, Andrew Flowers