What Caffeine Drinks Do Countries Prefer?

Do you drink coffee, tea, or cola? Each country has their own drink preference. | Continue reading


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The Most Valuable Real Estate Cities in America

U.S. real estate value is concentrated in a handful of urban centers. Here's a look at the top 30 most valuable cities. | Continue reading


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1B Years of Tectonic Plate Movement in 40 Seconds

This animated map shows the last billion years of Earth's tectonic plate movement in just 40 seconds. | Continue reading


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The World's Tech Giants, Compared to the Size of Economies

How do the big tech giants compare to entire countries? Here's how Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon's market caps stack up against national GDP. | Continue reading


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Visualizing the Carbon Footprint of Gold and Bitcoin

Digital assets are deceiving in that they appear to generate out of thin air but the carbon footprint of bitcoin has real world impacts. | Continue reading


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Ranked: The World’s 25 Richest Millennial Billionaires

There are over 2,700 billionaires in the world, but how many are millennials? This visual breaks down the richest millennial billionaires. | Continue reading


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$20T of U.S. Debt Visualized Using Stacks of $100 Bills

Millions, billions, trillions - these are abstract numbers. Here's what $20 trillion of U.S. debt looks like in terms of cold hard cash. | Continue reading


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Visualizing the Snowball of Government Debt in 2021

After an unprecedented borrowing spree in response to COVID-19, what does government debt look like around the world? | Continue reading


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Visualizing the Recent Explosion in Lumber Prices

Lumber prices in the U.S. continue to break records as pressure from both the supply and demand sides of the market collide. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 2 years ago

How the Gates Foundation Invests Its Money

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funded by a trust that has a portfolio value of over $25 billion. Here's how it invests its assets. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Media Consumption Has Changed over the Last Decade (2011-2021)

The media consumption landscape in 2021 is shifting. Time spent on media continues to spike, with mobile challenging for the top spot | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The State of Small Business Recovery in America

Compared to January 2020, 34% of small businesses are currently closed. This map looks at the small business recovery rate in 50 metro areas. | Continue reading


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Visualizing the Power Consumption of Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin mining requires significant amounts of energy, but what does this consumption look like when compared to countries and companies? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Maps Show the Extremes of U.S. Population Density

The U.S. population is spread across a huge amount of land, but its distribution is far from equal. These maps are a unique look at population density | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

What the Data Says About Wealth Inequality

Over the past decade, the top 1% of U.S. households' portion of wealth has gone from 28.6% to 31.2%. | Continue reading


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World Beer Index 2021: What’s the Beer Price in Your Country?

The global desire for beer prevails even in a pandemic. These maps compare the average beer price in 58 countries—just how much do we drink? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The Most Used Languages on the Internet

The internet is a truly global phenomenon, but a handful of languages dominate the digital world. Over 60% of the top 10 million webpages feature content written in English. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Charted: The Gen Z Unemployment Rate, Compared to Older Generations

COVID-19 has impacted everyone, but one generation is taking it harder than the others. This graphic reveals the Gen Z unemployment rate. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Chart: Who Americans Spend Their Time With, by Age

Ever wondered who Americans spend the most time with? This chart assesses how many minutes per day Americans spend with different people. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Charted: The Rising Average Cost of College in the U.S.

Since 1980, the average cost of college has risen by 1200%. This chart compares the inflation in college tuition with overall inflation. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The Richest People in the World in 2021, Visualized

Among the uber-rich, just ten people amassed over $567B in less than a year. Who are the richest people in the world as of 2021? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Visualizing How Covid-19 Has Impacted Global Wages

The pandemic has impacted labor in many ways. Here's how global wages and unemployment have been affected by COVID-19 in 30 countries. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Global Health and Wealth Has Changed over Two Centuries

This unique animated visualization uses health and wealth measurements to chart the evolution of countries over time. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Visualized: A Global Risk Assessment of 2021 and Beyond

Which risks are top of mind in 2021? We visualize the World Economic Forum's risk assessment for top global risks by impact and livelihood. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth's Surface

There are 510 million km² of area on the Earth, but less than 30% of this is land. Here's the share countries make up of the Earth's surface. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Infographic: The World’s Top Car Manufacturers by Market Capitalization

The World’s Top Car Manufacturers by Market Cap View the high-resolution of the infographic by clicking here. Ever since Apple and other Big Tech companies hit a market capitalization of $1 trillion, many sectors are revving to follow suit—including the automotive industry. But a … | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

How News Media Is Describing the Incident at the U.S. Capitol

The incident at the U.S. Capitol has received wide news media coverage, but the type of language used to describe it has varied greatly depending on the publication. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Cities with the highest CCTV camera density

Which cities have the most CCTV cameras? This map reveals the top surveillance cities worldwide in terms of the prevalence of CCTV cameras. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The rich got richer during Covid-19

The net worth of some American Billionaires has grown substantially since the COVID-19 market bottom. Here's how much their fortunes grew. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Tracking Covid-19 Vaccines Around the World

Visualizing the share of COVID-19 vaccines purchased by different countries and the companies that are manufacturing them. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The Year in Review: 2020 in 20 Visualizations

These 20 charts, maps, and visualizations help capture what happened in a tumultuous year around the globe. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Mapped: Which Countries Have the Worst Air Pollution?

This population-weighted cartogram shows the countries with the worst air pollution, based on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The Growing Generational Wealth Gap (1989-2019)

How large is the wealth gap between Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers? We visualize the growing wealth disparity by generation and age. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Ranked: Spoken Languages Around the World

This detailed visualization breaks down the 100 most spoken languages around the world, by total and native speakers. Can you find yours on the list? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Over Half of U.S. Young Adults Now Live with Their Parents

Today 52% of young adults aged 18-29 live with their parents. Economic and societal factors have played a part in addition to the COVID-19. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020)

Visualizing 50 years of gaming history, from the first wave of arcades and home consoles to a tsunami of mobile gaming. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Big Picture Trends Being Accelerated by the Pandemic

In some cases, COVID-19 has sped up societal and economic trends that were already in motion. Here we examine five examples. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Bitcoin Is Near All-Time Highs and the Mainstream Doesn't Care Yet

As bitcoin charges towards all-time highs, search interest is relatively low. How much attention has bitcoin's recent rally gotten? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Which Countries Are Mapping the Ocean Floor?

We know more about the surface of Mars than we do on the ocean floor. Which countries are mapping the ocean floor, and what's still unknown? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Charting the World's Major Stock Markets on the Same Scale (1990-2019)

Ever wonder what other major stock markets would look like, if they were on the same scale of the S&P 500? We chart them all over a 30-year period. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Powerful Signals Reveal the Future Direction of Financial Markets

What forces will drive the future of financial markets? We reveal 15 charts from six chapters of our new book to show where the economy is heading. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Mapped: Export in Every Country

What is the top export in every country? This series of maps explores some of the most influential goods in global trade. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Infographic: Tech's Bizarre Beginnings and Lucrative Pivots

By embracing uncertainty and making timely pivots, we visualize the bizarre origin stories of the most successful tech companies today. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Visualizing the Evolution of Global Advertising Spend (1980-2020)

How has global advertising spending shifted over recent decades? We look at the data to see how both the industry and media have evolved. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

Trust in TV News Media Continues Its Steep Decline in the U.S.

Over the years, Americans have become increasingly skeptical of TV news—currently, 49% of Americans have little or no trust. But why? | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The Literal Translation of Every Country’s Name (2019)

From Colombia to China, explore this map to uncover the diverse histories and cultures represented in the literal translation of each country's name. | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

A Global Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector

A Global Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector In a few decades, greenhouse gases (GHGs)—chiefly in the form of CO₂ emissions—have risen at unprecedented rates as a result of global growth and resource consumption. To uncover the major sectors where these emissions orig … | Continue reading


@visualcapitalist.com | 3 years ago

The World’s Most Influential Values

What values are the most influential in the world? Across 500,000 surveys in 152 languages, we visualize a rich dataset of human motivations. | Continue reading


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