Junk Charts
Kaiser Fung's blog. Recycling chartjunk as junk art. Data visualization criticism.
- By Kaiser Fung
- Based in United States of America
- Roughly three posts per month
- First post on
Posts per month
| Month starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| May 2023 | 5 |
| Jun 2023 | 3 |
| Jul 2023 | 4 |
| Aug 2023 | 2 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 3 |
| Mar 2024 | 5 |
| Apr 2024 | 1 |
| May 2024 | 3 |
| Jun 2024 | 4 |
| Jul 2024 | 4 |
| Aug 2024 | 4 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 |
| Oct 2024 | 2 |
| Nov 2024 | 2 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
The election broadcasts in the U.S. are full-day affairs, and they make a great showcase for interactive graphics. The election setting is optimal as it demands clear graphics that are instantly digestible. Anything else would …
One of my Twitter followers disliked the following chart showing FBI crime statistics for 2023 (link): If read quickly, the clear message of the chart is that something spiked on the right side of the …
Antony Unwin, a statistics professor at Augsburg, has published a new dataviz textbook called "Getting (more out of) Graphics", and he kindly sent me a review copy. (Amazon link) I am - not surprisingly - …